Prince George drinking water path

Source

Nechako River valley aquifers (GUDI wells) Groundwater · +1 sources

raw water

Intake

Municipal wells wells & Glen Collector

to plant

Treatment

Distributed well chlorination facilities … chlorination · filtration

finished

Mains

Distribution Seven well locations, nine booster stations, and about fifteen reservoirs serve the main city system covering most developed areas. Seasonal Fraser-bank wells add summer capacity; one southwest well serves a separate local system.

drinking water

Tap

Household tap Prince George

Source & supply
Nechako River valley aquifers (GUDI wells)
Fraser River valley aquifers (GUDI wells)
Seven well locations, nine booster stations, and about fifteen reservoirs serve the main city system covering most developed areas. Seasonal Fraser-bank wells add summer capacity; one southwest well serves a separate local system.
City materials describe aquifers as under direct influence of the Nechako and Fraser, yet residents receive groundwater that is chlorinated rather than conventionally coagulated/filtered at a single river plant.
Treatment
Distributed well chlorination facilities (no central filtration plant)
Multiple groundwater wellfields (including major Nechako radial-collector wells such as PW605/PW601/PW660) disinfect with on-site generated sodium hypochlorite before distribution; soil/gravel provides natural filtration.
Treatment on record: chlorination · filtration
At the tap
Hardness 141 mg/L (Hard)
Grade B (Good)
pH 7.9 · lead 0.5 μg/L
ECCC / municipal open data (seed)