From source to sink
Where Sherbrooke water comes from
A plain-language tour of the lakes, rivers, or wells that feed Sherbrooke, the plants that clean the water, and how it reaches kitchen taps. Lab grades for hardness, lead, and pH live on the water quality page.
On the map
Where Sherbrooke water lives
Source waters and treatment plants pinned from published utility names. Open a pin below for the full OpenStreetMap view.
- CitySherbrooke
Municipal service area
- Source waterLac Memphrémagog
Source water
- Treatment plantUsine J.M.-Jeanson (J.-M.-Jeanson)
Approximate pin near Sherbrooke (exact plant coordinates pending)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Pins are approximate for orientation, not legal survey points.
Deep dive for households
Sherbrooke drinking water starts as surface water (rivers, lakes, or reservoirs). The named source on the utility record is Lac Memphrémagog. That is the water that eventually reaches kitchen taps after treatment, not a separate bottled brand.
Water is cleaned at Usine J.M.-Jeanson (J.-M.-Jeanson) before it enters city pipes. Sole municipal production plant near Université de Sherbrooke; membrane microfiltration, high-frequency ozonation, and chlorination after ~27 km raw-water transfer from Magog-area intake.
After treatment, water moves through pumps, storage, and underground mains to reach streets and buildings. Raw water is pumped from a deep Lac Memphrémagog intake (about 14 m depth, ~150 m offshore) in Canton de Magog, then piped to the Jeanson plant for treatment and citywide distribution.
One detail that makes Sherbrooke water feel local: After 2015 modernization, Jeanson became Québec’s largest membrane filtration drinking-water plant and one of few North American plants with secondary membrane filtration plus very-high-frequency ozonation. Lab grades for hardness, lead, and pH sit on the city water quality page; this overview is about the route the water travels.
Where it starts
Surface water
Rivers, lakes, or reservoirs, not underground wells as the main draw.
Research confidence: high
Named source waters
- Lac Memphrémagog
Treatment plants
These are the buildings that filter and disinfect water before it enters city pipes.
Usine J.M.-Jeanson (J.-M.-Jeanson)
Sole municipal production plant near Université de Sherbrooke; membrane microfiltration, high-frequency ozonation, and chlorination after ~27 km raw-water transfer from Magog-area intake.
How it reaches your street
Raw water is pumped from a deep Lac Memphrémagog intake (about 14 m depth, ~150 m offshore) in Canton de Magog, then piped to the Jeanson plant for treatment and citywide distribution.