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Slave Lake Drinking Water Quality
By OpenStats · Built from official Canadian sources
Direct municipal dataB
Water quality grade
Good
Graded against Health Canada drinking water guidelines
Lead within guidelinepH in range
Hardness vs provincial average201 mg/L · prov. avg 176 mg/L
Lead vs provincial average0.1 μg/L · prov. avg 0.3 μg/L
Hardness
201 mg/L
Lead
0.1 μg/L
≤ 5 μg/L
pH
7.9
6.5–8.5 range
Hardness
201 mg/L
Very hard
Lead
0.1 μg/L
Max: 5 μg/L
pH
7.9
6.5–8.5
Chlorine
0.6 mg/L
Max: 4 mg/L
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Reading this page
Slave Lake's drinking water earns Grade B (Good). Hardness is 201 mg/L (very hard), and pH is 7.9 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 0.7 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 Slave 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
Mixed surface and groundwater
Research confidence: medium
Source waters
- mixed
Treatment plants
Slave Lake Water Treatment Plant
From municipal open data or regional estimate (verify locally).
All monitored parameters meet Health Canada guidelines.
Health parameters compliant; minor aesthetic factors such as hardness or pH near guideline edges.
Figure 1 · Supply chain
From watershed to tap
Compared to provincial average
Alberta · 51 cities in sample
Hardness (city vs Alberta avg)201 mg/L
pH (city vs Alberta avg)7.9
Lead (city vs Alberta avg)0.1 μg/L
Fluoride (city vs Alberta avg)0.7 mg/L
Provincial average: hardness 176 mg/L · pH 7.5 · lead 0.3 μg/L · fluoride 0.6 mg/L
Full parameters
| Parameter | Reading | Health Canada guideline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 201 mg/L | No health limit (aesthetic) | Compliant |
| pH | 7.9 | 6.5–8.5 | Compliant |
| Lead | 0.1 μg/L | ≤ 5 μg/L | Compliant |
| Fluoride | 0.7 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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Source · ECCC / municipal open data (seed). Last updated 2026-09-01. Refreshed on the site's automated schedule.