Squamish drinking water path

• Source & supply

  Ring Creek Aquifer (Powerhouse Springs Well Field)

  District-operated reservoirs and mains serve residential and industrial customers. Surface creek sources would need capital upgrades to resume as primary supply.

  Squamish abandoned creek surface water as the primary source after developing Powerhouse Springs—opposite the usual mountain-town creek-intake pattern.

• Treatment

  Powerhouse Springs Well Field

  Seven groundwater wells supplying north and south distribution networks with disinfection. Stawamus River and Mashiter Creek retained as emergency surface backups only (not normal potable supply).

• At the tap

  Hardness 139 mg/L (Hard)

  Grade B (Good)

  pH 7.7 · lead 0.3 μg/L

  ECCC / municipal open data (seed)