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Guidance Documents
- Guidance on Controlling Corrosion in Drinking Water Distribution Systems
- Guidance on Chloral Hydrate in Drinking Water
- Guidance for Issuing and Rescinding Boil Water Advisories
- Guidance for Issuing and Rescinding Drinking Water Avoidance Advisories in Emergency Situations
- Guidance on Potassium from Water Softeners
Guidelines and Technical Documents
Documents for Public Comment
Guidelines
- Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality - Summary Table (2012)
- Guidelines for Canadian Recreational Water Quality: Third Edition (2012)
- Canadian Guidelines for Domestic Reclaimed Water for Use in Toilet and Urinal Flushing (2010)
- Part I Approach to the Derivation of Drinking Water Guidelines (1995)
Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality - Technical Documents
Microbiological Parameters
Bacteriological Quality
- Bacterial Waterborne Pathogens - Current and Emerging Organisms of Concern
- Escherichia coli
- Guidance on the Use of Heterotrophic Plate Counts in Canadian Drinking Water Supplies
- Total Coliforms
Chemical/Physical Parameters
- Aluminum
- Ammonia
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- Asbestos
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- Azinphos-methyl
- Barium
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- Benzo[a]pyrene
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- Chlorite and chlorate
- Chlorophenols
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- Cyanobacterial toxins
- Diazinon
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- Dichlorobenzenes
- Dichloroethane, 1,2
- Dichloroethylene,1,1
- Dichloromethane
- Dichlorophenol,2,4- (see Chlorophenols)
- Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, 2,4
- Diclofop-methyl
- Dimethoate
- Diquat
- Diuron
- Ethylbenzene (see Toluene, ethylbenzene and the xylenes)
- Fluoride
- Formaldehyde
- Glyphosate
- Haloacetic acids
- Hardness
- Iron
- Lead
- Magnesium
- Malathion
- Manganese
- MCPA - (2-Methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic Acid)
- Mercury
- Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE)
- Metolachlor
- Metribuzine
- Microcystin-LR (see Cyanobacterial toxins)
- Monochlorobenzene
- N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA)
- Nitrate/nitrite
- Nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA)
- Odour
- Paraquat
- Parathion
- Pentachlorophenol (see Chlorophenols)
- pH
- Phorate
- Picloram
- Selenium
- Silver
- Simazine
- Sodium
- Sulphate
- Sulphide
- Taste
- Temperature
- Terbufos
- Tetrachloroethylene
- Tetrachlorophenol,2,3,4,6- (see Chlorophenols)
- Toluene (see Toluene, ethylbenzene and the xylenes)
- Toluene, ethylbenzene and the xylenes
- Total dissolved solids
- Trichloroethylene
- Trichlorophenol,2,4,6- (see Chlorophenols)
- Trifluralin
- Trihalomethanes
- Turbidity
- Uranium
- Vinyl chloride
- Xylenes (see Toluene, ethylbenzene and the xylenes)
- Zinc
Radiological Parameters
Source to Tap Guidance
- Guidance For Providing Safe Drinking Water in Areas of Federal Jurisdiction - Version 1 (August, 2005)
From Source to Tap: Guidance on the Multi-barrier Approach to Safe Drinking Water (June 2004) (PDF Version - 2470 K)- From Source to Tap: The Multi-barrier approach to Safe Drinking Water (2002)
- Guidance For Safe Drinking Water In Canada: From Intake To Tap (2001)
Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water -- Minutes and Reports
- 47th Meeting, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, November 3 - 4, 2010
- 46th Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, May 5 - 7, 2010
- 45th Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, November 4 - 6, 2009
- 44th Meeting, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, May 6 - 7, 2009
- 43rd Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec, October 8 - 10, 2008
- 42nd Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, April 16 - 17, 2008
- 41st Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, October 17 - 19, 2007
- 40th Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, May 2 - 4, 2007
- 39th Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, October 25 - 27, 2006
- 38th meeting, Saint John , New Brunswick, April 5 - 7, 2006
- 37th meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, October 26 - 28, 2005
- 36th meeting, St. John's, Newfoundland, May 2-4, 2005
To obtain a copy of the minutes for the following meetings, please contact water-eau@hc-sc.gc.ca.
- 35th meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, October 27-29, 2004
- 34th meeting, Calgary, Alberta, March 31-April 2, 2004
- 33rd Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario. October 22 - 24, 2003
- 32nd Meeting, Winnipeg, Manitoba, April 30 - May 2, 2003
- 31st Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, October 24 - 25, 2002
- 30th Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 25-26, 2002
- 29th Meeting, Victoria, British Columbia. October 22 - 24, 2001
- 28th Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario. June 4 - 5, 2001
- 27th Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia. October 23 - 24, 2000
- 26th Meeting, Regina, Saskatchewan. May 15-16, 2000
- 25th Meeting, Calgary, Alberta. October 25-26, 1999
- 24th Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario. April 25-27, 1999
- 23rd Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec. November 1-3, 1998
- 22nd Meeting, Aylmer, Quebec. April 20-22, 1998
- 21st Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario. May 12-13, 1997
Technical and Research Reports
- Findings and Recommendations of the Fluoride Expert Panel (January 2007)
- Mackenzie River Basin State of the Aquatic Ecosystem Report (2003)
- Public Health Initiatives Related to Drinking Water Quality in Canada
- Investigating the relationship between drinking water and gastroenteritis in Edmonton: 1993 - 1998 (2002)
- Drinking Water Quality and Health Care Utilization for Gastrointestinal Illness in Greater Vancouver (2000)
- Survey Of Drinking Water Treatment Devices - Available On The Canadian Retail Market In 1999 (2000)
- A One-Year Survey Of Halogenated Disinfection By-Products In The Distribution System Of Treatment Plants Using Three Different Disinfection Processes, 1996, 59 P.
- National Survey Of Chlorinated Disinfection By-Products In Canadian Drinking Water (1995)
Water Talk Fact Sheets
- Blue-Green Algae (CYANOBACTERIA) and their toxins
- Boil Water Advisories and Boil Water Orders
- Drinking Water Away from Home
- Drinking Water In The Great Canadian Outdoors
- Drinking Water Quality in Canada
- Giardia and Cryptosporidium in Drinking Water
- Minimizing Exposure to Lead from Drinking Water Distribution Systems
- Perchlorate and Human Health
- Recreational Water Quality
- Uranium in Drinking Water
- Water Treatment Devices - for Disinfection of Drinking Water
- Water Treatment Devices - for the Removal of Taste, Odour and Chemicals
- What's in Your Well? - A Guide to Well Water Treatment and Maintenance
