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Dolbeau-Mistassini tap water: Grade B, hardness 178 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 average178 mg/L · prov. avg 183 mg/L
Lead vs provincial average0.2 μg/L · prov. avg 0.3 μg/L
Hardness
178 mg/L
Lead
0.2 μg/L
≤ 5 μg/L
pH
7.1
6.5–8.5 range
Hardness
178 mg/L
Hard
Lead
0.2 μg/L
Max: 5 μg/L
pH
7.1
6.5–8.5
Chlorine
0.7 mg/L
Max: 4 mg/L
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Reading this page
Dolbeau-Mistassini's drinking water earns Grade B (Good). Hardness is 178 mg/L (hard), and pH is 7.1 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 0.5 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 Dolbeau-Mistassini 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: high
Source waters
- Rivière Mistassini (sector intakes for Dolbeau and Mistassini)
Treatment plants
Usine Hamel (secteur Dolbeau)
Filtration + chlorination plant from early 1970s; city seeking rebuild funding (~$19M) as facility ages out of standards.
Usine Sainte-Marie (secteur Mistassini)
Filtration + chlorination for Mistassini sector per MELCC registry / city annual bilans.
Distribution
Two main production plants serve former Dolbeau and Mistassini sectors across the Mistassini River.
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
Quebec · 34 cities in sample
Hardness (city vs Quebec avg)178 mg/L
pH (city vs Quebec avg)7.1
Lead (city vs Quebec avg)0.2 μg/L
Fluoride (city vs Quebec avg)0.5 mg/L
Provincial average: hardness 183 mg/L · pH 7.5 · lead 0.3 μg/L · fluoride 0.6 mg/L
Full parameters
| Parameter | Reading | Health Canada guideline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 178 mg/L | No health limit (aesthetic) | Compliant |
| pH | 7.1 | 6.5–8.5 | Compliant |
| Lead | 0.2 μg/L | ≤ 5 μg/L | Compliant |
| Fluoride | 0.5 mg/L | ≤ 1.5 mg/L | Compliant |
| Chlorine (free) | 0.7 mg/L | ≤ 4 mg/L | Compliant |
| Turbidity | 1.9 NTU | ≤ 1 NTU (typical target) | Exceeds guideline |
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Source · ECCC / municipal open data (seed). Last updated 2026-09-01. Refreshed on the site's automated schedule.