Kentville drinking water path

Source

Northwest Kentville aquifer wellfield (seven production wells) Groundwater

raw water

Intake

Municipal wells groundwater pumping

to plant

Treatment

Kentville Business Park and Prospect Aven… chlorination

finished

Mains

Distribution Kentville Water Commission; four covered tanks (~3.5M gallons); >85 km mains; also serves some County of Kings customers.

drinking water

Tap

Household tap Kentville

Source & supply
Northwest Kentville aquifer wellfield (seven production wells)
Kentville Water Commission; four covered tanks (~3.5M gallons); >85 km mains; also serves some County of Kings customers.
McGee Lake appears in source-protection discussions as a watershed feature, but production is from the seven-well groundwater field—not a lake intake.
Treatment
Kentville Business Park and Prospect Avenue treatment sites
High-quality groundwater: liquid chlorine, sodium hydroxide pH adjustment, minimal fluoride (hydrofluosilicic acid). Raw water pumped ~8 km from West End wellfield.
Treatment on record: chlorination
At the tap
Hardness 176 mg/L (Hard)
Grade B (Good)
pH 7.9 · lead 0 μg/L
ECCC / municipal open data (seed)