The City of Winnipeg tests Winnipeg drinking water (https://winnipeg.ca/waterandwaste/water/testResults/default.stm) to ensure compliance with our Operating Licence (https://winnipeg.ca/waterandwaste/water/operatingLicenceAudit.stm), the regulations and Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality, these guidelines apply to treated water only. If you would like more information on water quality, visit Health Canada.
This dataset has the following 10 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | year | number | 2019 2020 view top 100 |
| Area | area | text | Water Treatment Plant Raw Water Treatment Plant Finish (Treated) Shoal Lake Distribution System view top 100 |
| Category | category | text | Pesticides Total Metals Miscellaneous Anions and Nutrients Phenoxy Acid Herbicides view top 100 |
| Parameter | parameter | text | Lead Colour, True Cadmium Aluminum Temperature view top 100 |
| Units | units | text | parts per billion parts per million parts per trillion units MPN per 100 mL view top 100 |
| Guidelines | guidelines | text | no guideline no more than 0.05 no more than 500 * no more than 100 no more than 15 * view top 100 |
| Average | average | text | <0.010 <0.20 <0.0100 <0.5000 <0.10 view top 100 |
| Minimum | minimum | text | <0.010 <0.20 <0.020 <0.050 <0.0100 view top 100 |
| Maximum | maximum | text | <0.010 <0.20 <0.0100 <0.050 <0.0500 view top 100 |
| Notes | notes | text | *Aesthetic objective: These guidelines have an objective and not a maximum acceptable concentration. These parameters should not impact the safety of the water to drink and there is no anticipated health risk for short-term exposures. *Aesthetic objective: These guidelines have an objective and not a maximum acceptable limit. These parameters should not impact the safety of the water to drink and there is no anticipated health risk for short-term exposures. *Aesthetic objective: These guidelines have an objective and not a maximum acceptable limit. These parameters should not impact the safety of the water to drink and there is no anticipated health risk for short-term exposures. *** Discoloured water at time of sampling **All resamples were negative and met the operating licence requirements *** Discoloured water at time of sampling view top 100 |