Medicine Hat drinking water path

Source

South Saskatchewan River Surface water

to plant

Treatment

Medicine Hat WTP municipal treatment

finished

Mains

Distribution Treated water is pumped into the municipal distribution system from the riverside plant. A residuals management facility at the plant site is being built so process solids are landfilled rather than returned to the river.

drinking water

Tap

Household tap Medicine Hat

Source & supply
South Saskatchewan River
Treated water is pumped into the municipal distribution system from the riverside plant. A residuals management facility at the plant site is being built so process solids are landfilled rather than returned to the river.
Source water forms only at the Bow–Oldman confluence west of the city, so Medicine Hat’s supply is sensitive to upstream drought across the South Saskatchewan River Basin.
Treatment
Medicine Hat Water Treatment Plant
At 1502 Power House Road SW beside the South Saskatchewan River and city power plant site; continuous staffing; plant originally dates to 1912 with successive expansions.
At the tap
Hardness 86 mg/L (Moderate)
Grade A (Excellent)
pH 7.9 · lead 0.6 μg/L
ECCC / municipal open data (seed)