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Can You Drink Tap Water in Edmundston?
We don't have enough information to make a specific recommendation about the safety of drinking tap water in Edmundston, Canada.
However, based on information from nearby locations, the average water score in Canada is a out of 100.
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 Edmundston.
To see user submitted ratings of the water quality for Canada, see the "User Submitted Ratings" box on this page.
Recently, there has been a lot of talk about the quality of water available in our communities across the country. There have been many reports of contaminants that have been found in local water supplies, especially in Ontario. There are many reasons why this is the case. For one thing, our drinking supply is treated at massive levels, which means that the contaminants are left in our reservoir until it can be removed. This causes the contaminants to build up in the reservoir and, as time goes on, the contaminants start affecting our water quality.
The situation is made worse by the fact that the majority of these contaminants are synthetic chemicals that we need in order to survive. A report released several years ago in Edmundston found that there were over two thousand different synthetic chemicals in the reservoir that should not be there. It should be obvious that if this was happening in every community across Canada, the quality of water would be affected t
USER SUBMITTED RATINGS
- Drinking Water Pollution and Inaccessibility
- Water Pollution
- Drinking Water Quality and Accessibility
- Water Quality
The above data is comprised of subjective, user submitted opinions about the water quality and pollution in Edmundston, 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.