Miramichi drinking water path

Source

Miramichi River Surface water

to plant

Treatment

Miramichi water treatment facilities municipal treatment

finished

Mains

Distribution City utility distribution across formerly separate riverside communities.

drinking water

Tap

Household tap Miramichi

Source & supply
Miramichi River
City utility distribution across formerly separate riverside communities.
Miramichi’s drinking-water story is tied to one of Atlantic Canada’s major salmon rivers—source protection and river health overlap with fisheries concerns.
Treatment
Miramichi water treatment facilities
City surface supplies drawing from the Miramichi River system for the amalgamated city’s urban distribution (Chatham/Newcastle corridor).
At the tap
Hardness 204 mg/L (Very hard)
Grade B (Good)
pH 7.7 · lead 0.4 μg/L
ECCC / municipal open data (seed)