Salaberry-de-Valleyfield drinking water path

Source

Baie Saint-François (St. Lawrence / Lac Saint-François system) Surface water

raw water

Intake

Raw water intake pump station

to plant

Treatment

Usine de filtration Salaberry-de-Valleyfi… chlorination · filtration · ozone

finished

Mains

Distribution Two raw intakes in Baie Saint-François. Production has fallen even as population grew (conservation / leakage work).

drinking water

Tap

Household tap Salaberry-de-Valleyfield

Source & supply
Baie Saint-François (St. Lawrence / Lac Saint-François system)
Two raw intakes in Baie Saint-François. Production has fallen even as population grew (conservation / leakage work).
Valleyfield is nicknamed Quebec's Venice yet drinks from Baie Saint-François—not the Beauharnois Canal that defines its industrial shoreline.
Treatment
Usine de filtration Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (Avenue du Centenaire)
Complete treatment: screening, ozone pre-disinfection, GAC filtration (9 filters), chlorination. Capacity cited ~68,000 m³/day.
Treatment on record: chlorination · filtration · ozone
At the tap
Hardness 154 mg/L (Hard)
Grade C (Fair)
pH 7.2 · lead 0.2 μg/L
ECCC / municipal open data (seed)