NORTH DUMFRIES (Region of Waterloo) DRINKING WATER REPORTS

There are four systems considered to be part of the North Dumfries water supply and they are the Ayr System, Branchton, Lloyd Brown and Roseville System. The Lloyd Brown System is no more than a distribution system as all water is supplied by the City of Cambridge. Hence there are no test results whatsoever and we don't even know which part of Cambridge or which wells primarily supply this system. All in all this report is a complete waste of time.

The Ayr system consists of three wells namely A1, A2, and A3. All test results are for 2013 and none of the wells were shut down during the year. There are a few slightly elevated Method Detection Limits for some industrial chemicals but there are no obvious detections. Nitrates and Sodium are very low and there are no chemicals including chloramines which exceed even half of the drinking water standard. As with all other regional well systems there are major gaps in the lists of industrial parameters being tested.

The Branchton well supply consists of two wells namely BM1 and BM2. The test results are all from 2013 which is a good thing plus there were no shutdowns during the year. There are however elevated Sodium and Chloramines (by-product of disinfection) concentrations. The chloramines in particular seem much higher than they should be.

The Roseville system consists of two wells namely R5 and R6. The test results are current (2013) and Sodium and Nitrates concentrations are low. There were no shutdowns and other than a few slightly elevated Method Detection Limits I see no problems.