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Kelowna tap water: Grade A, hardness 120 mg/L
By OpenStats · Built from official Canadian sources
Direct municipal dataA
Water quality grade
Excellent
Graded against Health Canada drinking water guidelines
Lead within guidelinepH in range
Hardness vs provincial average120 mg/L · prov. avg 142 mg/L
Lead vs provincial average0.1 μg/L · prov. avg 0.4 μg/L
Hardness
120 mg/L
Lead
0.1 μg/L
≤ 5 μg/L
pH
6.9
6.5–8.5 range
Hardness
120 mg/L
Hard
Lead
0.1 μg/L
Max: 5 μg/L
pH
6.9
6.5–8.5
Chlorine
0.6 mg/L
Max: 4 mg/L
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Reading this page
Kelowna water hardness is 120 mg/L, from the city's published water quality reporting.
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 Kelowna 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
- Okanagan Lake
Treatment plants
Poplar Point intake / UV and chlorination facility
Primary City Water Utility intake and treatment node on Okanagan Lake; UV primary disinfection plus chlorination.
Eldorado, Cedar Creek, and Swick Road intake / treatment stations
Additional City Water Utility lake intakes with UV and chlorine disinfection serving other parts of the city system.
Distribution
City Water Utility is one of several potable providers inside Kelowna; it serves a large share of residents from lake intakes through pump stations, reservoirs, and an extensive pipe network. Upland creeks supply non-potable irrigation in some areas (e.g., Hydraulic Creek / Mill Creek), separate from lake drinking water.
All monitored parameters meet Health Canada guidelines.
All health parameters meet Health Canada guidelines with comfortable pH, hardness, and turbidity.
Figure 1 · Supply chain
From watershed to tap
Compared to provincial average
British Columbia · 58 cities in sample
Hardness (city vs British Columbia avg)120 mg/L
pH (city vs British Columbia avg)6.9
Lead (city vs British Columbia avg)0.1 μg/L
Fluoride (city vs British Columbia avg)0.6 mg/L
Provincial average: hardness 142 mg/L · pH 7.6 · lead 0.4 μg/L · fluoride 0.6 mg/L
Full parameters
| Parameter | Reading | Health Canada guideline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 120 mg/L | No health limit (aesthetic) | Compliant |
| pH | 6.9 | 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 | 0.2 NTU | ≤ 1 NTU (typical target) | Compliant |
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OpenStats picks for Kelowna — moderate hardness
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Source · City of Kelowna water utility water quality page. Last updated 2026-10-07. Refreshed on the site's automated schedule.