Water Testing
- All local health units offer free bacterial sampling on well water (total coliform and E. coli). Below are listings for health units across the region.
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Peterborough County City Health Unit
https://www.peterboroughpublichealth.ca/your-health/food-water-safety/water-safety/
(705) 743-1000 -
Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
http://www.hkpr.on.ca/InfoSet/Environments/WellWater.aspx
1-866-888-4577 -
Hastings & Prince Edward Counties Health Unit
http://www.hpechu.on.ca/applications/web_cms/index.php?pageid=353&menuid=1524
(613) 966-5500 -
Durham Regional Health Unit
https://www.durham.ca/en/living-here/private-wells.aspx
905-723-3818
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- For all other types of water testing in the region (for nitrates, nitrites, pesticides, etc.), contact:
- York-Durham Regional Environmental Laboratory
(Pickering, ON): (905) 686-0041
- SGS Minerals Services
(Lakefield, ON): (705) 652-2000,
www.sgs.ca
- York-Durham Regional Environmental Laboratory
- For complete listings, visit: http://www.ene.gov.on.ca