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Approximately 5,000 square kilometers 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 north 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 350,000 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 91 million litres
per day (20 million Imperial gallons per day) and serves a
population of approximately 112,000 people.
HELP Clean Water is a
regional project that will serve the needs of more than 500,000
people and will be implemented in phases over the next 20 years, at an
estimated total cost of approximately $350 million.
The
Lake Huron Primary Water Supply System and Elgin Area Primary
Water Supply System have each implemented an
Environmental Management System
registered to the ISO14001:2004 international standard.
Drinking Water Quality Management System
Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, the
Ontario Ministry of the Environment requires that drinking water
system operating authorities become accredited. In order to
become accredited, the operating authority must establish and
maintain a
Drinking Water Quality
Management System.
