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Regional estimateWater quality grade
Fair
Graded against Health Canada drinking water guidelines
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Salaberry-de-Valleyfield's drinking water earns Grade C (Fair). Hardness is 154 mg/L (hard), and pH is 7.2 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 0.6 mg/L against a guideline of ≤ 1.5 mg/L.
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Watershed to tap
How Salaberry-de-Valleyfield 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
Usine de filtration Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (Avenue du Centenaire)
Complete treatment: screening, ozone pre-disinfection, GAC filtration (9 filters), chlorination. Capacity cited ~68,000 m³/day.
Two raw intakes in Baie Saint-François. Production has fallen even as population grew (conservation / leakage work).
Health parameters meet Health Canada limits; turbidity above the 1 NTU typical target.
One or more parameters exceed a Health Canada drinking water guideline or turbidity target.
Figure 1 · Supply chain
From watershed to tap
Quebec · 34 cities in sample
Provincial average: hardness 183 mg/L · pH 7.5 · lead 0.3 μg/L · fluoride 0.6 mg/L
| Parameter | Reading | Health Canada guideline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 154 mg/L | No health limit (aesthetic) | Compliant |
| pH | 7.2 | 6.5–8.5 | Compliant |
| Lead | 0.2 μg/L | ≤ 5 μg/L | Compliant |
| Fluoride | 0.6 mg/L | ≤ 1.5 mg/L | Compliant |
| Chlorine (free) | 0.7 mg/L | ≤ 4 mg/L | Compliant |
| Turbidity | 3.5 NTU | ≤ 1 NTU (typical target) | Exceeds guideline |
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Salaberry-de-Valleyfield at 154 mg/L is hard enough for kettle scale but often below whole-house softener urgency. Carbon filtration for taste plus hardness strips before you overspend.
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