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Victoria's 17 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.
Victoria tap water: Grade B, hardness 17 mg/L
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 average17 mg/L · prov. avg 142 mg/L
Lead vs provincial average0.1 μg/L · prov. avg 0.4 μg/L
Hardness
17 mg/L
Lead
0.1 μg/L
≤ 5 μg/L
pH
7.6
6.5–8.5 range
Hardness
17 mg/L
Soft
Lead
0.1 μg/L
Max: 5 μg/L
pH
7.6
6.5–8.5
Chlorine
0.6 mg/L
Max: 4 mg/L
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Reading this page
Victoria water hardness is 17 mg/L with pH 7.6.
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 Victoria 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
Surface water
Research confidence: high
Source waters
- Sooke Lake Reservoir
- Goldstream Water Supply Area reservoirs
Treatment plants
Goldstream Water Treatment Plant
CRD disinfection facility (UV, chlorine, ammonia/chloramine) serving the main Greater Victoria service area including Victoria; unfiltered source under filtration exemption.
Sooke River Road Water Treatment Plant (Disinfection Facility)
Second CRD disinfection plant for the regional system; on-site hypochlorite generation plus UV and ammonia.
Distribution
Capital Regional District Regional Water Supply delivers bulk disinfected water to the City of Victoria / Township of Esquimalt distribution system and other Greater Victoria municipalities. Sooke Lake Reservoir provides about 90% of regional source storage; Goldstream is secondary/emergency.
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)17 mg/L
pH (city vs British Columbia avg)7.6
Lead (city vs British Columbia avg)0.1 μg/L
Fluoride (city vs British Columbia avg)0.6 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 | 17 mg/L | No health limit (aesthetic) | Compliant |
| pH | 7.6 | 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 | 2.6 NTU | ≤ 1 NTU (typical target) | Exceeds guideline |
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OpenStats picks for Victoria — everyday tap water
Victoria's 17 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.
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Source · Capital Regional District Greater Victoria water quality annual report. Last updated 2026-10-07. Refreshed on the site's automated schedule.