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Regional estimateWater quality grade
Fair
Graded against Health Canada drinking water guidelines
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Thompson's drinking water earns Grade C (Fair). Hardness is 110 mg/L (moderate), and pH is 7.8 against Health Canada's 6.5–8.5 guideline.
Lead at 0.6 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
How Thompson 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: medium
Thompson Water Treatment Plant (23 Burntwood Road)
Municipal surface plant on Burntwood Road. City publishes annual water quality reports (province-reviewed). 2025 engineering RFP covers mechanical/electrical/SCADA upgrades and potential UV integration into the existing process; full coagulation/filtration train details are not fully published in open city pages.
City water & wastewater utility; ICIP-funded main replacements (~5.5 km water mains 2022–2024). Winter bleeder rebate for freeze-prone services (Burntwood trailer court).
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
Manitoba · 13 cities in sample
Provincial average: hardness 163 mg/L · pH 7.5 · lead 0.4 μg/L · fluoride 0.6 mg/L
| Parameter | Reading | Health Canada guideline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 110 mg/L | No health limit (aesthetic) | Compliant |
| pH | 7.8 | 6.5–8.5 | Compliant |
| Lead | 0.6 μg/L | ≤ 5 μg/L | Compliant |
| Fluoride | 0.6 mg/L | ≤ 1.5 mg/L | Compliant |
| Chlorine (free) | 1.1 mg/L | ≤ 4 mg/L | Compliant |
| Turbidity | 3.1 NTU | ≤ 1 NTU (typical target) | Exceeds guideline |
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