Renfrew’s Director of Public Works and Infrastructure has some good news about the town’s drinking water.
Mike Asselin took Town Council through the latest water report done by the Ontario Clean Water Agency at their meeting on Tuesday, March 14.
Asselin notes there isn’t much to worry about, as Renfrew’s water treatment plant is flowing with plenty of room to cover the town’s future growth and development.
The report also goes through the chemicals used for treating Renfrew’s drinking water last year, as well as laboratory tests done on samples.
Councilor Clint McWhirter noted that, outside the known issue of manganese tinting the water at times, the results came back clean.
The report shows treated water samples from 2022 were free from E.coli and other coliform bacteria, and were well below the maximum allowed amounts of inorganics like arsenic and mercury.
Asselin says that 2022 Drinking Water Report represents good news as the town awaits notes from their latest inspection.
There were two notes in the report on adverse water quality incidents during 2022, including one incident of coliform bacteria showing up in a February sample of distribution water such as what you would get from a fire hydrant.
In that case, further testing was done both up-and-downstream along the Bonnechere River, where Renfrew sources it’s water supply.
The entire 2022 Water Report can be found on the Town of Renfrew’s website.
(written by Kasey Egan)
