Owen Sound drinking water path

Source

Georgian Bay Surface water

raw water

Intake

Raw water intake pump station

to plant

Treatment

Owen Sound WTP filtration

finished

Mains

Storage & mains City reservoirs and distribution along the harbour and upland pressure zones.

drinking water

Tap

Household tap Owen Sound

Source & supply
Georgian Bay
City reservoirs and distribution along the harbour and upland pressure zones.
Owen Sound’s bay intake sits in a deep harbour setting with different seasonal turbidity drivers than open Lake Huron south-shore plants.
Treatment
Owen Sound Water Treatment Plant
Georgian Bay surface intake and municipal filtration/disinfection plant serving the city.
Treatment on record: filtration
At the tap
Hardness 209 mg/L (Very hard)
Grade B (Good)
pH 7.7 · lead 0.1 μg/L
ECCC / municipal open data (seed)