Clean, safe drinking water is fundamental to the health, well-being, and economic prosperity of the people and communities of Newfoundland and Labrador. Guided by the Multi-Barrier Strategic Action Plan (MBSAP), the province’s Drinking Water Program provides a comprehensive, adaptive framework that ensures a high standard of public drinking water quality. Through extensive monitoring—from source through distribution systems—multiple government departments share responsibility for safeguarding public drinking water systems. Building on this strong foundation, the 2023 Drinking Water Safety Action Plan expands the principles of the MBSAP to encompass semi-public and private drinking water systems.
What is the Drinking Water Safety Action Plan for Newfoundland and Labrador? Click here to learn more!
Where Do I Find My Community’s Water Quality Data? Refer to the Drinking Water Quality (DWQ) Data page.
Where Do I Find Information on Disinfection By-Products? Refer to the Disinfection By-Product (DBP) page.
What Special Parameter Monitoring Has Been Conducted? Refer to the Special Parameter Monitoring page
What Public Drinking Water Systems Are Under Boil Water Advisory (BWA)? Refer to the BWA page.
What Public Drinking Water Systems Are Under Non-Consumption Advisory (NCA)? Refer to the NCA Summary Table.
What is a Protected Public Water Supply Area (PPWSA)? Refer to the PPWSA page.
What Labs are Accredited for Drinking Water Quality Testing? Refer to the Labs for Drinking Water Quality Testing page.
Where Do I Find the Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Manual? Click here!
Additional Resources (e.g. Fact Sheets)
The Water Resources Management Division of the Department of Environment, Conservation and Climate Change, the Public Health Division of the Department of Health and Community Services, Health Canada, and others have produced additional resources which are aimed at preventing or controlling illness caused by drinking contaminated water.
- Health and Community Services: Drinking Water Quality
- Arsenic – Fact Sheet
- Chlorination and Disinfection By-Products
- Copper – Water Talk
- Flooding and Public Drinking Water Systems
- Giardia
- Lead – Fact Sheet
- Lead – Water Talk
- Lead – Lead Monitoring in Drinking Water Systems for Site Specific Locations
- Lead – Cleaning Faucet Aerators to Help Reduce Lead Exposure
- Lead – Finding a Drinking Water Filter Certified to Reduce Lead
- Manganese – Fact Sheet
- Manganese – Water Talk
- Manganese – Technical Memo
- Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Objective for Canadian drinking water quality per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
- Roadside Springs
- Strontium – Water Talk
- Uranium – Fact Sheet
- Uranium – Water Talk
- Well Water and your health (Overview)
- Wildfires – Residential water use after a wildfire event
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