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Approximately 5,000 square kilometres of the greater London area of South
Western Ontario is supplied by two Water Treatment Systems:
The Lake Huron Primary Water Supply System services the
communities of London, Lambton Shores, North Middlesex, South
Huron, Bluewater, Middlesex Centre, Lucan-Biddulph and
Strathroy-Caradoc from a water treatment plant located east of
the village of Grand Bend in South Huron. The plant has a
current treatment capacity of 340 million litres per day (75
Million Imperial gallons per day) and serves a population of
approximately 325,000 people.
The Elgin Area Primary Water Supply System services the
communities of St. Thomas, London, Aylmer, Bayham, Central
Elgin, Malahide and Southwold from a water treatment plant
located east of the village of Port Stanley in Central Elgin.
The plant has a current treatment capacity of 90 million litres
per day (20 million Imperial gallons per day) and serves a
population of approximately 100,000 people.
HELP Clean Water is a
regional project that will serve the needs of more than 500,000
people be implemented in phases over the next 20 years, at an
estimated total cost of approximately $350 million.
Each
of the Lake Huron Primary Water Supply System and Elgin Area
Primary Water Supply System have implemented an
Environmental
Management System
registered to the ISO14001:2004
international standard.