The following is a list of fact sheets homeowners can use to better understand their drinking water supplies. These fact sheets are part of The Drop on Water series of water quality fact sheets.
Note:
Our fact sheets all contain web links, which have recently changed. To find the current address, replace the “enla” portion of the old address with “nse”.
For example: www.gov.ns.ca/enla/water/waterlabs.asp
is now: www.gov.ns.ca/nse/water/waterlabs.asp
General Information for Homeowners
- Cisterns (PDF: 258k)
- General Chemistry and Metals (PDF: 270k)
- Groundsource Heat Pumps (PDF: 290k)
- Interactive Groundwater Map (PDF: 667k)
- Protecting Your Drinking Water (PDF: 365k)
- Rain Barrels (PDF: 218k)
- Roadside Springs (PDF: 228k)
- Sources of Drinking Water (PDF: 417k)
- Surface Water Heat Pumps (PDF: 371k)
- Wastewater - Central Treatment (PDF: 422k)
- Wastewater - Septic Systems (PDF: 319k)
- Water Quantity (PDF: 176k)
- Well Decommissioning (PDF: 258k)