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Campbellton's 106 mg/L supply is relatively soft — filtration is mostly about chlorine taste. A certified pitcher or compact under-sink unit is enough for most homes.
Campbellton tap water: Grade B, hardness 106 mg/L
By OpenStats · Built from official Canadian sources
Regional estimateB
Water quality grade
Good
Graded against Health Canada drinking water guidelines
Lead within guidelinepH in range
Hardness vs provincial average106 mg/L · prov. avg 155 mg/L
Lead vs provincial average0.2 μg/L · prov. avg 0.2 μg/L
Hardness
106 mg/L
Lead
0.2 μg/L
≤ 5 μg/L
pH
7.9
6.5–8.5 range
Hardness
106 mg/L
Moderate
Lead
0.2 μg/L
Max: 5 μg/L
pH
7.9
6.5–8.5
Chlorine
0.7 mg/L
Max: 4 mg/L
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Reading this page
Campbellton's drinking water earns Grade B (Good). Hardness is 106 mg/L (moderate), and pH is 7.9 against Health Canada's 6.5–8.5 guideline.
Lead at 0.2 μg/L is below the 5 μg/L maximum, and fluoride is 0.7 mg/L against a guideline of ≤ 1.5 mg/L.
How to use this page: read the headline metric and provincial comparison first, then supply and treatment notes, then the source footer for the underlying dataset.
Watershed to tap
Supply and treatment
How Campbellton draws, treats, and distributes drinking water, from municipal and utility publications. Chemistry grades above come from separate parameter records; this section does not invent plant lab figures.
Source type
Surface water
Research confidence: medium
Source waters
- Prichard Lake – Smith Lake Watershed (protected public surface supply in Sugarloaf Provincial Park area)
Treatment plants
Campbellton municipal water treatment / distribution system
City operates the public supply serving Campbellton, Atholville, and Tide Head zones under NB Clean Water Act monitoring. Exact process train (filtration/disinfection detail) is not published in open municipal docs; source protection is via provincial Watershed Protected Area Designation Order.
Distribution
Provincial monitoring covers Campbellton, Atholville, and Tide Head zones. Recent work includes watermain renewals and a new ~300,000 Imp. gal potable reservoir tender for the Tide Head area.
Health parameters meet Health Canada limits; turbidity above the 1 NTU typical target.
Health parameters meet Health Canada limits; turbidity exceeds the typical 1 NTU aesthetic target.
Figure 1 · Supply chain
From watershed to tap
Compared to provincial average
New Brunswick · 16 cities in sample
Hardness (city vs New Brunswick avg)106 mg/L
pH (city vs New Brunswick avg)7.9
Lead (city vs New Brunswick avg)0.2 μg/L
Fluoride (city vs New Brunswick avg)0.7 mg/L
Provincial average: hardness 155 mg/L · pH 7.6 · lead 0.2 μg/L · fluoride 0.6 mg/L
Full parameters
| Parameter | Reading | Health Canada guideline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 106 mg/L | No health limit (aesthetic) | Compliant |
| pH | 7.9 | 6.5–8.5 | Compliant |
| Lead | 0.2 μg/L | ≤ 5 μg/L | Compliant |
| Fluoride | 0.7 mg/L | ≤ 1.5 mg/L | Compliant |
| Chlorine (free) | 0.7 mg/L | ≤ 4 mg/L | Compliant |
| Turbidity | 2.7 NTU | ≤ 1 NTU (typical target) | Exceeds guideline |
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OpenStats picks for Campbellton — everyday tap water
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