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Tillsonburg's 81 mg/L supply is relatively soft — filtration is mostly about chlorine taste. A certified pitcher or compact under-sink unit is enough for most homes.
Tillsonburg tap water: Grade A, hardness 81 mg/L
By OpenStats · Built from official Canadian sources
Regional estimateA
Water quality grade
Excellent
Graded against Health Canada drinking water guidelines
Lead within guidelinepH in range
Hardness vs provincial average81 mg/L · prov. avg 178 mg/L
Lead vs provincial average0.1 μg/L · prov. avg 0.4 μg/L
Hardness
81 mg/L
Lead
0.1 μg/L
≤ 5 μg/L
pH
6.9
6.5–8.5 range
Hardness
81 mg/L
Moderate
Lead
0.1 μg/L
Max: 5 μg/L
pH
6.9
6.5–8.5
Chlorine
0.6 mg/L
Max: 4 mg/L
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Reading this page
Tillsonburg's drinking water earns Grade A (Excellent). Hardness is 81 mg/L (moderate), and pH is 6.9 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 0.6 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 Tillsonburg 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
- Northwest and Southeast wellfields (11 wells; mix of secure groundwater and GUDI)
Treatment plants
Mall Road, Fairview, Plank Line, Bell Mill, Rokeby Road WTFs
Oxford County multi-site system: iron filtration and UV/chlorine at GUDI sites; chlorine disinfection at secure wells. 9,100 m³ north reservoir.
Distribution
100% groundwater system serving ~20,000; Fairview boosts higher north service area. Long-term supply strategy underway for growth.
All monitored parameters meet Health Canada guidelines.
All health parameters meet Health Canada guidelines with comfortable pH, hardness, and turbidity.
Figure 1 · Supply chain
From watershed to tap
Compared to provincial average
Ontario · 123 cities in sample
Hardness (city vs Ontario avg)81 mg/L
pH (city vs Ontario avg)6.9
Lead (city vs Ontario avg)0.1 μg/L
Fluoride (city vs Ontario avg)0.6 mg/L
Provincial average: hardness 178 mg/L · pH 7.5 · lead 0.4 μg/L · fluoride 0.6 mg/L
Full parameters
| Parameter | Reading | Health Canada guideline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 81 mg/L | No health limit (aesthetic) | Compliant |
| pH | 6.9 | 6.5–8.5 | Compliant |
| Lead | 0.1 μg/L | ≤ 5 μg/L | Compliant |
| Fluoride | 0.6 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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OpenStats picks for Tillsonburg — everyday tap water
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