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Parksville Drinking Water Quality
By OpenStats · Built from official Canadian sources
Regional estimateActive water advisory: Water quality advisory issued 2026-07-14. Equipment failure at treatment plant
A
Water quality grade
Excellent
Graded against Health Canada drinking water guidelines
Lead within guidelinepH in range
Hardness vs provincial average83 mg/L · prov. avg 139 mg/L
Lead vs provincial average0.3 μg/L · prov. avg 0.3 μg/L
Hardness
83 mg/L
Lead
0.3 μg/L
≤ 5 μg/L
pH
8.1
6.5–8.5 range
Hardness
83 mg/L
Moderate
Lead
0.3 μg/L
Max: 5 μg/L
pH
8.1
6.5–8.5
Chlorine
0.8 mg/L
Max: 4 mg/L
From source to sink
Where Parksville water comes from
Lakes, rivers, wells, and treatment plants behind the kitchen tap, in plain language. Chemistry grades above are a separate lab snapshot; this section is the route the water travels.
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Where Parksville water lives
Source waters and treatment plants pinned from published utility names. Open a pin below for the full OpenStreetMap view.
- CityParksville
Municipal service area
- Treatment plantEnglishman River Water Treatment Plant (Herring Gull Way)
Approximate pin near Parksville (exact plant coordinates pending)
- Treatment plantMunicipal groundwater wells
Approximate pin near Parksville (exact plant coordinates pending)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Pins are approximate for orientation, not legal survey points.
Where it starts
Mixed surface and groundwater
Research confidence: high
Named source waters
- Englishman River (Arrowsmith Dam storage)
- Deep groundwater wells (Springwood and Railway well fields)
Treatment plants
Englishman River Water Treatment Plant (Herring Gull Way)
ERWS joint venture (Parksville 74% / RDN 26%): sand separators, coagulation, UF membranes, UV, chlorination. Capacity 16 ML/d.
Municipal groundwater wells
Sodium hypochlorite disinfection only before blending in city reservoirs.
How it reaches your street
Four reservoirs (Top Bridge and Springwood); also supplies RDN Nanoose Bay Peninsula Water Service Area.
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Reading this page
Parksville's most recent drinking water sample (2026-07-22) reports hardness of 83 mg/L, classified as moderately hard, and pH 8.1, drawn from a groundwater water source and treated at Parksville Water Treatment Plant. Lead measured 0.3 μg/L and fluoride 0.6 mg/L.
Free chlorine measured 0.8 mg/L in this sample. No E. coli was detected in this sample.
Parksville's hardness of 83 mg/L is below the British Columbia average of 139 mg/L across 31 tracked municipalities, with a provincial average pH of 7.5.
These readings summarize a single compliance snapshot, not a certification of the water reaching your tap. Test your own water periodically, especially on a private well, and consider a softener if hardness is classified hard or very hard.
How to use this page: read the headline metrics first, then where the water comes from (map and tap story), then the parameter table and source footer.
All monitored parameters meet Health Canada guidelines.
All health parameters meet Health Canada guidelines with comfortable pH, hardness, and turbidity.
Figure 1 · From source to sink
How drinking water reaches your tap
Compared to provincial average
British Columbia · 31 cities in sample
Hardness (city vs British Columbia avg)83 mg/L
pH (city vs British Columbia avg)8.1
Lead (city vs British Columbia avg)0.3 μg/L
Fluoride (city vs British Columbia avg)0.6 mg/L
Provincial average: hardness 139 mg/L · pH 7.5 · lead 0.3 μg/L · fluoride 0.6 mg/L
Full parameters
| Parameter | Reading | Health Canada guideline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 83 mg/L | No health limit (aesthetic) | Compliant |
| pH | 8.1 | 6.5–8.5 | Compliant |
| Lead | 0.3 μg/L | ≤ 5 μg/L | Compliant |
| Fluoride | 0.6 mg/L | ≤ 1.5 mg/L | Compliant |
| Chlorine (free) | 0.8 mg/L | ≤ 4 mg/L | Compliant |
| Turbidity | 0.4 NTU | ≤ 1 NTU (typical target) | Compliant |
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Source · ECCC / municipal open data (seed). Last updated 2026-07-22. Refreshed on the site's automated schedule.