Standards for drinking water are set and enforced by the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The City of Port Colborne's drinking water consistently meets all Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standards.
Water samples are collected weekly by the City's certified water operators. They are analyzed for free chlorine levels and microbiological parameters. Additional chemical sampling and analysis for lead, trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids are completed as required in the Drinking Water Systems regulation (Ontario Regulation 170/03).
Each year by February 28th, drinking water systems must prepare an annual report on their drinking water systems.
Port Colborne Distribution System drinking water reports for the past five years are available by clicking on the links below, or hard copies of the latest report can be picked up at the Engineering and Operations Centre, 1 Killaly Street West.
- 2023 Water Quality Report
- 2022 Water Quality Report
- 2021 Water Quality Report
- 2020 Water Quality Report
- 2019 Water Quality Report
Sherkston Community Centre
The City owns the Sherkston Community Centre, which was registered as a small municipal, non-residential drinking water system up until October 22, 2018. The final report is available by clicking on the link below, or a hard copy can be picked up at the Engineering and Operations Centre, 1 Killaly Street West.
Since the Community Centre's drinking water system no longer falls under the Drinking Water Systems regulation, annual reporting is not required.
For more information
To learn more about Ontario water quality regulations and legislation, see the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks drinking water page.