Overall Water Quality
Below is a list of indicators of overall water quality. 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
Overall Water Quality
- Alkalinity (PDF: 208k)
- Corrosive Water (PDF: 205k)
- Hard Water (PDF: 187k)
- pH (PDF: 208k)
Overall Water Quality - Less Common
- Humic Substances (PDF: 182k)
- Hydrogen Sulphide (PDF: 185k)
- Iron Bacteria (PDF: 180k)
- Sulphur Bacteria (PDF: 180k)
