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Steinbach tap water: Grade B, hardness 171 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 average171 mg/L · prov. avg 163 mg/L
Lead vs provincial average0.3 μg/L · prov. avg 0.4 μg/L
Hardness
171 mg/L
Lead
0.3 μg/L
≤ 5 μg/L
pH
6.9
6.5–8.5 range
Hardness
171 mg/L
Hard
Lead
0.3 μg/L
Max: 5 μg/L
pH
6.9
6.5–8.5
Chlorine
0.8 mg/L
Max: 4 mg/L
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Reading this page
Steinbach's drinking water earns Grade B (Good). Hardness is 171 mg/L (hard), and pH is 6.9 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 0.6 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 Steinbach 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: medium
Source waters
- Local aquifers (Steinbach wells)
Treatment plants
Steinbach Water Treatment Plant (well supply)
City groundwater wells with treatment/disinfection for the urban distribution system in southeastern Manitoba.
Distribution
City reservoirs and watermains; hardness typically elevated on prairie carbonate aquifers.
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
Manitoba · 13 cities in sample
Hardness (city vs Manitoba avg)171 mg/L
pH (city vs Manitoba avg)6.9
Lead (city vs Manitoba avg)0.3 μg/L
Fluoride (city vs Manitoba avg)0.6 mg/L
Provincial average: hardness 163 mg/L · pH 7.5 · lead 0.4 μg/L · fluoride 0.6 mg/L
Full parameters
| Parameter | Reading | Health Canada guideline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 171 mg/L | No health limit (aesthetic) | Compliant |
| pH | 6.9 | 6.5–8.5 | Compliant |
| Lead | 0.3 μg/L | ≤ 5 μg/L | Compliant |
| Fluoride | 0.6 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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