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Is Corner Brook Tap Water Safe To Drink?

Yes! Generally Safe to Drink*

LAST UPDATED: 12:53 pm, April 8, 2021
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Can You Drink Tap Water in Corner Brook?

Yes, tap water is drinkable.

Tap Safe includes data from many publicly available sources, including the WHO (World Health Organization), CDC (Center for Disease Control), and user submitted databases, but unfortunately there's not enough data about Corner Brook.

To see user submitted ratings of the water quality for Canada, see the "User Submitted Ratings" box on this page.

Tap Water Corner Creek, New Brunswick is a town that many people in that part of the world would not have heard of if it were not for the unusual story that has been making the news. A small private water treatment facility in that part of New Brunswick was recently found to be storing very high levels of prescription drugs and other prescription medications in its water. Those drugs had been found in the local water supply as well. The local town and county were notified of this discovery, and they have since been attempting to figure out what happened. While officials have determined that the amount of drugs was not enough to pose a significant health risk to residents, they admit that the lack of effective and comprehensive filtration methods at the treatment facility is a problem.

There are many factors that contribute to the lack of effective methods of treating prescription drugs in drinking water. For instance, some scientists are concerned that drugs in the

The estimated price of bottled water

$2.45 in USD (1.5-liter)

USER SUBMITTED RATINGS

Corner Brook tap water
  • Drinking Water Pollution and Inaccessibility 17% Very Low
  • Water Pollution 33% Low
  • Drinking Water Quality and Accessibility 100% Very High
  • Water Quality 100% Very High

The above data is comprised of subjective, user submitted opinions about the water quality and pollution in Corner Brook, measured on a scale from 0% (lowest) to 100% (highest).

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Reminder

Always take extra precautions, the water may be safe to drink when it leaves the sewage treatment plant but it may pick up pollutants during its way to your tap. We advise that you ask locals or hotel staff about the water quality. Also, note that different cities have different water mineral contents.

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