Oakville drinking water path

• Source & supply

  Lake Ontario

  Treated water enters the interconnected Halton Region Distribution Subsystem (South Halton), which also serves Burlington and parts of Milton and Halton Hills.

  Burloak is a membrane/ozone plant on the Oakville–Burlington boundary, giving Halton a second Lake Ontario plant besides the older Oakville and Burlington conventional plants.

• Treatment

  Oakville Water Treatment Plant

  Halton Region conventional filtration plant at 21 Kerr Street; sand-ballasted clarification. Rated capacity on the order of 109 ML/d.

  Burloak Water Treatment Plant

  Halton Region membrane plant at 3380 Rebecca Street, Oakville; flocculation, ultrafiltration, optional UV, ozonation, fluoridation, and chlorination.

  Treatment on record: chlorination · UV · filtration · +1 more plant

• At the tap

  Hardness 99 mg/L (Moderate)

  Grade B (Good)

  pH 8.2 · lead 0.3 μg/L

  ECCC / municipal open data (seed)