Chatham-Kent drinking water path

• Source & supply

  Lake Erie

  Lake St. Clair / Chenal Ecarté (Wallaceburg)

  Thames River corridor systems

  Chatham-Kent is a geographically large single-tier municipality with several distinct drinking-water systems rather than one citywide plant.

  Wallaceburg’s St. Clair River-channel intake sits downstream of Sarnia industry and has a different spill-risk profile than LAWSS Lake Huron water used in Sarnia.

• Treatment

  Chatham-Kent Public Utilities Commission surface plants

  CK PUC operates multiple surface systems including Chatham (also Thamesville/Dresden), South Chatham-Kent, Wallaceburg, and Wheatley plants drawing Great Lakes / connecting-channel waters.

  CK PUC groundwater systems

  Well-based supplies include Ridgetown/Highgate and Bothwell distribution arrangements documented in municipal DWQMS materials.

  Treatment on record: +1 more plant

• At the tap

  Hardness 229 mg/L (Very hard)

  Grade B (Good)

  pH 8.2 · lead 0.5 μg/L

  ECCC / municipal open data (seed)