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Direct municipal dataWater quality grade
Good
Graded against Health Canada drinking water guidelines
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Red Deer water hardness is 209 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
How Red Deer 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.
Surface water
Research confidence: high
City of Red Deer Water Treatment Plant
Low-lift intake from the Red Deer River; treats and supplies Red Deer plus regional customers including Blackfalds, Lacombe, and Ponoka areas.
Treated water leaves via high-lift pumps into hundreds of kilometres of distribution pipe, multiple storage reservoirs, pump stations, and pressure zones. The plant also underpins regional potable supply beyond city limits.
Health parameters meet Health Canada limits; turbidity above the 1 NTU typical target and very hard water.
Health parameters meet Health Canada limits; turbidity exceeds the typical 1 NTU aesthetic target.
Figure 1 · Supply chain
From watershed to tap
Alberta · 51 cities in sample
Provincial average: hardness 178 mg/L · pH 7.5 · lead 0.3 μg/L · fluoride 0.6 mg/L
| Parameter | Reading | Health Canada guideline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 209 mg/L | No health limit (aesthetic) | Compliant |
| pH | 7.3 | 6.5–8.5 | Compliant |
| Lead | 0.4 μg/L | ≤ 5 μg/L | Compliant |
| Fluoride | 0.7 mg/L | ≤ 1.5 mg/L | Compliant |
| Chlorine (free) | 0.9 mg/L | ≤ 4 mg/L | Compliant |
| Turbidity | 2.1 NTU | ≤ 1 NTU (typical target) | Exceeds guideline |
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