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Squamish tap water: Grade B, hardness 139 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 average139 mg/L · prov. avg 142 mg/L
Lead vs provincial average0.3 μg/L · prov. avg 0.4 μg/L
Hardness
139 mg/L
Lead
0.3 μg/L
≤ 5 μg/L
pH
7.7
6.5–8.5 range
Hardness
139 mg/L
Hard
Lead
0.3 μg/L
Max: 5 μg/L
pH
7.7
6.5–8.5
Chlorine
0.8 mg/L
Max: 4 mg/L
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Reading this page
Squamish's drinking water earns Grade B (Good). Hardness is 139 mg/L (hard), and pH is 7.7 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 0.5 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 Squamish 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
Groundwater
Research confidence: high
Source waters
- Ring Creek Aquifer (Powerhouse Springs Well Field)
Treatment plants
Powerhouse Springs Well Field
Seven groundwater wells supplying north and south distribution networks with disinfection. Stawamus River and Mashiter Creek retained as emergency surface backups only (not normal potable supply).
Distribution
District-operated reservoirs and mains serve residential and industrial customers. Surface creek sources would need capital upgrades to resume as primary supply.
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)139 mg/L
pH (city vs British Columbia avg)7.7
Lead (city vs British Columbia avg)0.3 μg/L
Fluoride (city vs British Columbia avg)0.5 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 | 139 mg/L | No health limit (aesthetic) | Compliant |
| pH | 7.7 | 6.5–8.5 | Compliant |
| Lead | 0.3 μg/L | ≤ 5 μg/L | Compliant |
| Fluoride | 0.5 mg/L | ≤ 1.5 mg/L | Compliant |
| Chlorine (free) | 0.8 mg/L | ≤ 4 mg/L | Compliant |
| Turbidity | 2 NTU | ≤ 1 NTU (typical target) | Exceeds guideline |
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Source · ECCC / municipal open data (seed). Last updated 2026-09-01. Refreshed on the site's automated schedule.