Saguenay drinking water path

Source

Lac Kénogami (via Rivière Chicoutimi and Rivière aux Sables) Mixed supply · +3 sources

raw water

Intake

Raw water intake pump station

to plant

Treatment

Usine de filtration de Chicoutimi filtration · +3 more plants

finished

Mains

Distribution City operates multiple filtration plants, wells, boosters, and reservoirs across former Chicoutimi, Jonquière, and La Baie networks. Lac Kénogami is the principal raw-water reservoir for ~100,000 residents via the Chicoutimi and aux Sables rivers; La Baie relies mainly on groundwater wells.

drinking water

Tap

Household tap Saguenay

Source & supply
Lac Kénogami (via Rivière Chicoutimi and Rivière aux Sables)
Lac Kénogami sector lakes / intakes
Lac de l'Aqueduc (Saint-Honoré)
City operates multiple filtration plants, wells, boosters, and reservoirs across former Chicoutimi, Jonquière, and La Baie networks. Lac Kénogami is the principal raw-water reservoir for ~100,000 residents via the Chicoutimi and aux Sables rivers; La Baie relies mainly on groundwater wells.
Kénogami outflow sharing between Chicoutimi and aux Sables rivers still reflects the historic Letellier judgment (roughly 2/3 vs 1/3).
Treatment
Usine de filtration de Chicoutimi
Major plant supplied via Rivière Chicoutimi from Lac Kénogami reservoir system.
Usine de filtration de Jonquière
Rivière aux Sables intake; fully renovated 2016 with membrane filtration.
Usine de filtration d'Arvida
At the tap
Hardness 194 mg/L (Very hard)
Grade C (Fair)
pH 8.2 · lead 0.2 μg/L
ECCC / municipal open data (seed)