Lake Huron & Elgin Area Water System

About Lake Huron & Elgin Area Water System

Huron Erie Water is a public drinking water organization located in the Uplands area of London, Ontario. It serves as a shared identity for two regional water supply systems, providing safe and clean drinking water to over 650,000 people across 15 communities in the greater London region of Southwestern Ontario. The organization manages the Lake Huron and Elgin Area water systems, delivering water to families, businesses, industries, and communities. The organization operates two distinct treatment facilities to provide water from Lake Huron in the north and Lake Erie in the south. The Lake Huron Primary Water Supply System serves communities including Strathroy-Caradoc, South Huron, Middlesex Centre, Lucan Biddulph, North Middlesex, Lambton Shores, Bluewater, and London, with a treatment capacity of 340 million litres per day. The Elgin Area Primary Water Supply System serves St. Thomas, Aylmer, Bayham, Central Elgin, Malahide, Southwold, Dutton Dunwich, and London, with a treatment capacity of 91 million litres per day. Both systems maintain an Environmental Management System registered to the ISO 14001 international standard and operate under an accredited authority as required by the Safe Drinking Water Act. Huron Erie Water describes itself as a proactive utility that focuses on long-horizon planning to align infrastructure and capacity with municipal growth. The organization emphasizes a single standard of care for both systems, ensuring that water quality is consistent regardless of where a resident lives. While Huron Erie Water manages the regional treatment and supply, the individual municipalities served are responsible for the distribution of water to their specific residential, commercial, and industrial customers.