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Drinking Water Quality
Detailed information about the quality of drinking water in PEI communities and watersheds can be found by searching the Drinking Water Quality Application. It provides a summary of the on-going testing of drinking water done by the Prince Edward Island Analytical Laboratories.
Average drinking water quality results are available by:
- community;
- watershed;
- address (within a radius of 1 km, 5 km, or 10 km); or
- property identification number (PID) (within a radius of 1 km, 5 km, or 10 km).
Information on the following parameters are provided: alkalinity, cadmium, calcium, chloride, chromium, iron, magnesium, manganese, nickel, nitrate, pH, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, and sulfate.
Other Drinking Water Monitoring
The Department of Environment, Labour and Justice monitors pesticides in drinking water as part of the Pesticide Monitoring Program. Over 100 sites are monitored annually, including private homes, schools, municipal drinking water supplies, and senior’s housing facilities. The same sites are sampled each year to create a long-term background history of pesticide detections in drinking water.
Environment Canada also conducts pesticide research and monitoring in Prince Edward Island.
This information has been taken from website "Environment"