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Delta tap water: Grade B, hardness 22 mg/L

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Direct municipal data
B

Water quality grade

Good

Graded against Health Canada drinking water guidelines

Lead within guidelinepH in range
Hardness vs provincial average22 mg/L · prov. avg 142 mg/L
Lead vs provincial average0.6 μg/L · prov. avg 0.4 μg/L
Hardness
22 mg/L
Lead
0.6 μg/L
≤ 5 μg/L
pH
7.6
6.5–8.5 range
Hardness
22 mg/L
Soft
Lead
0.6 μg/L
Max: 5 μg/L
pH
7.6
6.5–8.5
Chlorine
1.1 mg/L
Max: 4 mg/L
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Reading this page

Delta water hardness is 22 mg/L with pH 7.6.

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 Delta 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

  • surface

Treatment plants

  • Delta Water Treatment Plant

    From municipal open data or regional estimate (verify locally).

Cited sources

Outbound municipal or utility citations pending. See methodology for how supply research is gathered.

Supply notes summarize published utility materials. They are not a substitute for the issuing authority's current notices or for a licensed tap test.

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

British Columbia · 58 cities in sample

Hardness (city vs British Columbia avg)22 mg/L
pH (city vs British Columbia avg)7.6
Lead (city vs British Columbia avg)0.6 μg/L
Fluoride (city vs British Columbia avg)0.5 mg/L

Provincial average: hardness 142 mg/L · pH 7.6 · lead 0.4 μg/L · fluoride 0.6 mg/L

Full parameters

ParameterReadingHealth Canada guidelineStatus
Hardness22 mg/LNo health limit (aesthetic)Compliant
pH7.66.5–8.5Compliant
Lead0.6 μg/L≤ 5 μg/LCompliant
Fluoride0.5 mg/L≤ 1.5 mg/LCompliant
Chlorine (free)1.1 mg/L≤ 4 mg/LCompliant
Turbidity2.3 NTU≤ 1 NTU (typical target)Exceeds guideline
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Source · Metro Vancouver GVWD water quality annual report. Last updated 2026-10-07. Refreshed on the site's automated schedule.