Moose Jaw drinking water path

Source

Buffalo Pound Lake Surface water · +1 sources

to plant

Treatment

Buffalo Pound WTP municipal treatment

finished

Mains

Distribution City Sewer and Water Division maintains local mains and pumping; chlorine residual and turbidity are monitored daily at three city pumping stations that feed the distribution system.

drinking water

Tap

Household tap Moose Jaw

Source & supply
Buffalo Pound Lake
Lake Diefenbaker (via Qu'Appelle system)
City Sewer and Water Division maintains local mains and pumping; chlorine residual and turbidity are monitored daily at three city pumping stations that feed the distribution system.
Moose Jaw and Regina have co-owned Buffalo Pound since 1955; Moose Jaw sits much closer to the plant than Regina does.
Treatment
Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant
Jointly owned with Regina; supplies treated water to Moose Jaw, Regina, SaskWater, and Buffalo Pound Provincial Park. Plant is roughly 30 km northeast of Moose Jaw on Highway 301.
At the tap
Hardness 187 mg/L (Very hard)
Grade B (Good)
pH 7.5 · lead 0.3 μg/L
ECCC / municipal open data (seed)