Amos drinking water path

Source

Esker Saint-Mathieu–Berry (municipal drains / wells) Groundwater

raw water

Intake

Well field groundwater pumping

to plant

Treatment

Amos esker supply / booster reservoir (hi… chlorination · filtration

finished

Mains

Distribution ~98.8 km aqueduct; capture ~7.5 km SW of downtown via branched drains in the esker.

drinking water

Tap

Household tap Amos

Source & supply
Esker Saint-Mathieu–Berry (municipal drains / wells)
~98.8 km aqueduct; capture ~7.5 km SW of downtown via branched drains in the esker.
Amos municipal water won gold at the Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting—filtered by one of North America's largest eskers.
Treatment
Amos esker supply / booster reservoir (historically untreated; preventive chlorination)
Exceptionally pure esker groundwater historically distributed without treatment. Preventive chlorination added after bacterial infiltration at booster reservoir; reservoir rehab underway aiming to reduce/stop chlorination.
Treatment on record: chlorination · filtration
At the tap
Hardness 137 mg/L (Hard)
Grade B (Good)
pH 7.5 · lead 0.1 μg/L
ECCC / municipal open data (seed)