Collingwood drinking water path

Source

Georgian Bay (Nottawasaga Bay, Lake Huron) Surface water

raw water

Intake

Raw water intake pump station

to plant

Treatment

Raymond A. Barker WTP filtration

finished

Mains

Distribution Town distribution system; expansion is also intended to support transmission of additional treated water south to inland municipalities under regional servicing plans.

drinking water

Tap

Household tap Collingwood

Source & supply
Georgian Bay (Nottawasaga Bay, Lake Huron)
Town distribution system; expansion is also intended to support transmission of additional treated water south to inland municipalities under regional servicing plans.
Collingwood’s Georgian Bay plant is a growth bottleneck for south Georgian Bay communities that want lake water piped inland.
Treatment
Raymond A. Barker Water Treatment Plant
Ultrafiltration membrane surface plant (1998) with shoreline reconstruction underway to nearly double capacity toward about 59,000 m³/day. Intake roughly 765 m offshore in Nottawasaga Bay.
Treatment on record: filtration
At the tap
Hardness 255 mg/L (Very hard)
Grade B (Good)
pH 6.8 · lead 0.7 μg/L
ECCC / municipal open data (seed)