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Langford's 91 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.
Langford tap water: Grade B, hardness 91 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 average91 mg/L · prov. avg 142 mg/L
Lead vs provincial average0.3 μg/L · prov. avg 0.4 μg/L
Hardness
91 mg/L
Lead
0.3 μg/L
≤ 5 μg/L
pH
7.9
6.5–8.5 range
Hardness
91 mg/L
Moderate
Lead
0.3 μg/L
Max: 5 μg/L
pH
7.9
6.5–8.5
Chlorine
0.8 mg/L
Max: 4 mg/L
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Reading this page
Langford's drinking water earns Grade B (Good). Hardness is 91 mg/L (moderate), and pH is 7.9 against Health Canada's 6.5–8.5 guideline.
Lead at 0.3 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 Langford 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
Mixed surface and groundwater
Research confidence: medium
Source waters
- mixed
Treatment plants
Langford Water Treatment Plant
From municipal open data or regional estimate (verify locally).
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)91 mg/L
pH (city vs British Columbia avg)7.9
Lead (city vs British Columbia avg)0.3 μg/L
Fluoride (city vs British Columbia avg)0.7 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 | 91 mg/L | No health limit (aesthetic) | Compliant |
| pH | 7.9 | 6.5–8.5 | Compliant |
| Lead | 0.3 μg/L | ≤ 5 μg/L | Compliant |
| Fluoride | 0.7 mg/L | ≤ 1.5 mg/L | Compliant |
| Chlorine (free) | 0.8 mg/L | ≤ 4 mg/L | Compliant |
| Turbidity | 1.2 NTU | ≤ 1 NTU (typical target) | Exceeds guideline |
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OpenStats picks for Langford — everyday tap water
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Source · ECCC / municipal open data (seed). Last updated 2026-09-01. Refreshed on the site's automated schedule.