Truro drinking water path

Source

Local aquifers (Truro / Colchester wells) Groundwater

raw water

Intake

Municipal wells groundwater pumping

to plant

Treatment

Truro water utility well supplies municipal treatment

finished

Mains

Distribution Town distribution in the Salmon River valley urban area.

drinking water

Tap

Household tap Truro

Source & supply
Local aquifers (Truro / Colchester wells)
Town distribution in the Salmon River valley urban area.
Central Nova Scotia towns commonly sit on groundwater rather than the surface lakes used by Halifax Water’s Pockwock/Lake Major system.
Treatment
Truro water utility well supplies
Town groundwater wells with treatment/disinfection for the Truro urban system.
At the tap
Hardness 190 mg/L (Very hard)
Grade C (Fair)
pH 6.8 · lead 0.6 μg/L
ECCC / municipal open data (seed)