Weyburn drinking water path

Source

Nickle Lake (Souris River impoundment behind Abe Douglas Dam) Surface water

raw water

Intake

Raw water intake pump station

to plant

Treatment

Weyburn WTP (60 – 16th St. NE) filtration

finished

Mains

Distribution ~20 million litres underground reservoir storage; First Avenue reservoir 2.2 ML. Also ~330 rural connections.

drinking water

Tap

Household tap Weyburn

Source & supply
Nickle Lake (Souris River impoundment behind Abe Douglas Dam)
~20 million litres underground reservoir storage; First Avenue reservoir 2.2 ML. Also ~330 rural connections.
When Souris River turns dark after organic runoff, city water stays normal—intake is in Nickle Lake, not the free-flowing river channel.
Treatment
Weyburn Water Treatment Plant (60 – 16th St. NE)
Class 4 chemically assisted filtration (Plant 100 and Plant 200 trains): oxidation, coagulation/flocculation, clarification, filtration, fluoridation, disinfection. ~10,000 m³/day.
Treatment on record: filtration
At the tap
Hardness 171 mg/L (Hard)
Grade B (Good)
pH 7.3999999999999995 · lead 0.3 μg/L
ECCC / municipal open data (seed)