Halifax drinking water path

• Source & supply

  Pockwock Lake

  Lake Major

  Bennery Lake

  Halifax Water (Halifax Regional Water Commission) supplies Halifax Regional Municipality customers from nine surface watersheds and two groundwater wellhead areas. Three large plants plus six smaller community plants distribute to ~360,000 customers; interactive 'Where Does My Water Come From' map identifies plant by address.

  Pockwock, Lake Major, and Bennery watersheds supply about 99.95% of customers and are provincially designated Protected Water Areas; Tomahawk Lake is managed as a future Pockwock supplement.

• Treatment

  J. Douglas Kline Water Supply Plant (Pockwock)

  Largest Atlantic Canada plant; treats Pockwock Lake for Halifax, Bedford, Sackville, Beaverbank, Timberlea and related areas; ISO 14001 registered.

  Lake Major Water Supply Plant

  Treats Lake Major for Dartmouth, Cole Harbour, Eastern Passage, Westphal, North Preston and related areas; ISO 14001 registered.

  Bennery Lake Water Supply Plant

• At the tap

  Hardness 213 mg/L (Very hard)

  Grade B (Good)

  pH 7.1 · lead 0.5 μg/L

  ECCC / municipal open data (seed)