Saint-Georges drinking water path

Source

Rivière Chaudière Surface water · +1 sources

raw water

Intake

Raw water intake pump station

to plant

Treatment

Usine de filtration Ville de Saint-Georges chlorination · filtration

finished

Mains

Distribution ~220 km watermains; multiple reservoirs. Lac Poulin used as Plan B during Lac-Mégantic hydrocarbon spill on the Chaudière.

drinking water

Tap

Household tap Saint-Georges

Source & supply
Rivière Chaudière
Lac Poulin (emergency / alternate)
~220 km watermains; multiple reservoirs. Lac Poulin used as Plan B during Lac-Mégantic hydrocarbon spill on the Chaudière.
After Lac-Mégantic, Saint-Georges shut the Chaudière intake and switched to Lac Poulin—proving why Chaudière towns keep alternate sources.
Treatment
Usine de filtration Ville de Saint-Georges
Major filtration plant (~$33M) with ozonation, carbon, corrosion control, chlorination (MELCC). Serves ~90% of population from Chaudière intake.
Treatment on record: chlorination · filtration
At the tap
Hardness 207 mg/L (Very hard)
Grade B (Good)
pH 8 · lead 0.7 μg/L
ECCC / municipal open data (seed)