Water Quality - Reports and Publications
- Guidance Documents
- Guidelines and Technical Documents
- Source to Tap Guidance
- Technical and Research Reports
- Water Talk Fact Sheets
- Additional Resources
Guidance Documents
- Guidance on waterborne pathogens in drinking water
- Guidance on the Temperature Aspects of Drinking Water
- Guidance Document: Overview of the Microbiological Aspects of Drinking Water Quality
- Guidance on Natural Organic Matter in Drinking Water
- Guidance on the Use of Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment in Drinking Water
- Guidance on Controlling Corrosion in Drinking Water Distribution Systems
- Guidance on Chloral Hydrate in Drinking Water
- Guidance on Monitoring the Biological Stability of Drinking Water in Distribution Systems
- Guidance for Issuing and Rescinding Boil Water Advisories in Canadian Drinking Water Supplies
- Guidance for Issuing and Rescinding Drinking Water Avoidance Advisories in Emergency Situations
- Guidance on Potassium from Water Softeners
Guidelines and Technical Documents
Documents for Public Comment
Guidelines
- Guidelines for Canadian Recreational Water Quality: Understanding and Managing Risks in Recreational Waters (2023)
- Canadian recreational water quality guidelines - Indicators of fecal contamination (2023)
- Guidelines for Canadian Recreational Water Quality: Physical, Aesthetic and Chemical Characteristics (2022)
- Guidelines for Canadian Recreational Water Quality - Cyanobacteria and their Toxins (2022)
- Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality - Summary Table (2022)
- Guidelines for Canadian Recreational Water Quality: Third Edition (2012)
- Canadian Guidelines for Domestic Reclaimed Water for Use in Toilet and Urinal Flushing (2010)
Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality - Technical Documents
Microbiological Parameters
Bacteriological Quality
- Enterococci
- Escherichia coli
- Guidance on the Use of Heterotrophic Plate Counts in Canadian Drinking Water Supplies
- Total Coliforms
Chemical/Physical Parameters
- Withdrawal of select guidelines for Canadian drinking water quality
- Aluminum
- Ammonia
- Antimony
- Arsenic
- Asbestos
- Atrazine
- Barium
- Benzene
- Benzo[a]pyrene
- Boron
- Bromate
- Bromoxynil
- Cadmium
- Calcium
- Carbon tetrachloride
- Chloramines
- Chloride
- Chlorine
- Chlorite and chlorate
- Chlorophenols
- Chlorpyrifos
- Chromium
- Colour
- Copper
- Cyanide
- Cyanobacterial toxins
- Dicamba
- Dichlorobenzenes
- Dichloroethane, 1,2
- Dichloroethylene,1,1
- Dichloromethane
- Dichlorophenol,2,4- (see Chlorophenols)
- Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, 2,4
- Dimethoate and Omethoate
- Dioxane-1,4
- Diquat
- Ethylbenzene (see Toluene, ethylbenzene and the xylenes)
- Fluoride
- Formaldehyde
- Glyphosate
- Haloacetic acids
- Hardness
- Iron
- Lead
- Magnesium
- Malathion
- Manganese
- MCPA - (2-Methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic Acid)
- Mercury
- Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE)
- Metribuzine
- Microcystin-LR (see Cyanobacterial toxins)
- N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA)
- Nitrate/nitrite
- Nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA)
- Odour
- Pentachlorophenol (see Chlorophenols)
- Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA)
- Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS)
- pH
- Selenium
- Silver
- Sodium
- Strontium
- Sulphate
- Sulphide
- Taste
- Tetrachloroethylene
- Tetrachlorophenol,2,3,4,6- (see Chlorophenols)
- Toluene (see Toluene, ethylbenzene and the xylenes)
- Toluene, ethylbenzene and the xylenes
- Total dissolved solids
- Trichloroethylene
- Trichlorophenol,2,4,6- (see Chlorophenols)
- Trihalomethanes
- Turbidity
- Uranium
- Vinyl chloride
- Xylenes (see Toluene, ethylbenzene and the xylenes)
- Zinc
Screening Values
- diazinon
- diuron
- Drinking water screening value for Iodide - Technical Summary
- Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX)
- Perchlorate
- Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)
- Sulfolane
Radiological Parameters
Source to Tap Guidance
- Guidance for Providing Safe Drinking Water in Areas of Federal Jurisdiction (December, 2021)
- From Source to Tap: Guidance on the Multi-barrier Approach to Safe Drinking Water (June 2004)
- From Source to Tap: The Multi-barrier approach to Safe Drinking Water (2002)
- Guidance For Safe Drinking Water In Canada: From Intake To Tap (2001)
Technical and Research Reports
Water Talk Series
- Aluminum in drinking water
- Arsenic in drinking water
- Barium in drinking water
- Be well aware - Information for private well owners
- Boron in drinking water
- Cadmium in drinking water
- Chloramines in drinking water
- Copper in drinking water
- 1,4-Dioxane in drinking water
- Drinking water quality in Canada
- Enteric protozoa (Giardia and Cryptosporidium) in drinking water
- Enteric viruses in drinking water
- Lead in drinking water
- Manganese in drinking water
- Summary of drinking water values for PFOS, PFOA and other PFAS
- Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water
- Strontium in drinking water
- Uranium in drinking water
Additional Resources
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