Where does St. Catharines drinking water come from?

Trapped between two lakes, serviced by a canal, water plays a central role in the history and lives of the people of St. Catharines. But what about what comes out of the tap? Where does it come from?

The City of St. Catharines Environmental Services Department has put together a handy FAQ that answers that question;

The City of St. Catharines gets its drinking water from the Decew Water Treatment Plant operated by the Regional Municipality of Niagara. The source of water for this plant is surface water, from Lake Erie via an intake from the Welland Canal located approximately 6 km from the treatment plant near Allanburg. The water is diverted to Decew’s own 5.4 km long supply channel which flows by gravity directly to the treatment plant. The Decew Water Treatment Plant is a full treatment plant providing screening, chemical-assisted flocculation, coagulation, filtration and disinfection using chlorine.

To read the full document, complete with answers about water colour and taste, click here.

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