When you fill up your glass with water from your tap, you can be assured that Port Colborne's drinking water is safe to drink. Standards for drinking water are set and legally enforced by the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The City of Port Colborne's drinking water consistently meets all Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standards. The SDWA focuses on:

  • Treating and testing drinking water
  • Public access to information and notification of adverse water results

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.

Each year by February 28th, drinking water systems must prepare an annual report on their drinking water systems. This report is a requirement of the Drinking Water Systems regulation.

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.

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.