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Elliot Lake's 105 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.
Elliot Lake tap water: Grade B, hardness 105 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 average105 mg/L · prov. avg 178 mg/L
Lead vs provincial average0.1 μg/L · prov. avg 0.4 μg/L
Hardness
105 mg/L
Lead
0.1 μg/L
≤ 5 μg/L
pH
7.8
6.5–8.5 range
Hardness
105 mg/L
Moderate
Lead
0.1 μg/L
Max: 5 μg/L
pH
7.8
6.5–8.5
Chlorine
0.6 mg/L
Max: 4 mg/L
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Reading this page
Elliot Lake's drinking water earns Grade B (Good). Hardness is 105 mg/L (moderate), and pH is 7.8 against Health Canada's 6.5–8.5 guideline.
Lead at 0.1 μg/L is below the 5 μg/L maximum, and fluoride is 0.6 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 Elliot Lake 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
- Elliot Lake
Treatment plants
Elliot Lake Water Treatment Plant (200 Spine Road)
Class 2 direct filtration: PAC coagulation, spiral flocculation, dual-media anthracite/sand filters, chlorine, fluoride, lime for corrosion/pH. Intake ~12.2 m depth, 295 m marine pipeline to low-lift wet well.
Distribution
Clearwell ~2,300 m³; high-lift to distribution and standpipes. Rated capacity 28,400 m³/day.
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
Ontario · 123 cities in sample
Hardness (city vs Ontario avg)105 mg/L
pH (city vs Ontario avg)7.8
Lead (city vs Ontario avg)0.1 μg/L
Fluoride (city vs Ontario avg)0.6 mg/L
Provincial average: hardness 178 mg/L · pH 7.5 · lead 0.4 μg/L · fluoride 0.6 mg/L
Full parameters
| Parameter | Reading | Health Canada guideline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 105 mg/L | No health limit (aesthetic) | Compliant |
| pH | 7.8 | 6.5–8.5 | Compliant |
| Lead | 0.1 μg/L | ≤ 5 μg/L | Compliant |
| Fluoride | 0.6 mg/L | ≤ 1.5 mg/L | Compliant |
| Chlorine (free) | 0.6 mg/L | ≤ 4 mg/L | Compliant |
| Turbidity | 2.6 NTU | ≤ 1 NTU (typical target) | Exceeds guideline |
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OpenStats picks for Elliot Lake — everyday tap water
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