Hardness · 105 mg/L as CaCO3 Hard water · soft <60 · hard 60–180 · very hard >180 mg/L
Longer-term only (too few samples from 2019 onward) · 1998–2015 · 36 samples
Hard water can leave scale on kettles, faucets, and appliances.
Learn more →Water system Amherstburg Drinking Water System
Worth a closer look
Recent public records include a few items that deserve attention.
Worth knowing day to day
Plant averages from the provincial monitoring program (not this year’s report and not your kitchen tap). When enough samples exist from 2019 onward, we prefer that recent window and compare it to the longer record.
Sodium level · 6.9 mg/L Typical levels · diet notice 20 · taste ≤200 mg/L
Longer-term only (too few samples from 2019 onward) · 2008–2015 · 10 samples
Learn more →Chloride · 13 mg/L Typical levels · taste ≤250 mg/L (Ontario)
Longer-term only (too few samples from 2019 onward) · 1998–2018 · 61 samples
Learn more →Nitrate + Nitrite · 0.37 mg/L as N Typical levels · standard 10 mg/L as N (Ontario)
Longer-term only (too few samples from 2019 onward) · 2003–2022 · 45 samples
Learn more →Fluoride · 0.36 mg/L Typical levels · target 0.5–0.8 · max 1.5 mg/L
Longer-term only (too few samples from 2019 onward) · 1998–2018 · 61 samples
Learn more →pH balance · 7.2 In the usual range · usual 6.5–8.5 (Ontario)
Recent average · 2019–2020 · 16 samples
Recent 2019–2020 · In the usual range · 7.2 · Same band as longer term Longer term · In the usual range · 7.4 · 2003–2020 · 99 samples
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What's behind these numbers
Years covered: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22.
What the numbers refer to
Over-limit tests
Regulatory flags when a monitored result was above an Ontario standard. A count alone does not say how long a result lasted or that every tap was affected.
3 over-limit tests in recent records.
- 4,389 recent test results processed.
- Parameters involved: Lead, Total coliform.
Incident records
Incident records are required system filings — not a count of taps affected, and not automatically a drinking-water emergency.
- 13 incident records in public records — not a count of taps affected.
Other public-record context
Inspection history
Provincial inspection scores have varied between years — see the percentages below.
- MRS inspection ratings in recent years: 94.4%, 100.0%, 94.9%, 91.4%.
- Inspection ratings come from the MRS Inspection Rating Water Quality table.
- Other recent records include: 3 over-limit tests and 13 incident records.
- Inspection ratings summarize provincial inspections, not every individual test.
Source and operator context
Owner: Amherstburg, The Corporation Of The Town Of
Source-water context has not yet been linked from local intake-station data.
Evidence
- Owner on record: AMHERSTBURG, THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF (Owner Legal Name, Test Results).
- Operating authority was not present in the local records we processed.
- Source-water context has not yet been linked from local intake-station data.
- Contact details (phone, website, email) are not available in the local provincial open-data files we processed.