Message from the Chief Drinking Water Inspector

Welcome to Drinking Water Ontario.  This online gateway is a valuable channel for informing the public about the quality of drinking water and the steps taken to protect the health of Ontarians by keeping our drinking water safe.

As Ontario’s new Chief Drinking Water Inspector, I am very pleased to present the fourth Chief Drinking Water Inspector’s Annual Report which highlights drinking water protection activities for the period from April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008, in June 2009.

We believe that everyone in Ontario is entitled to expect that the drinking water that comes from regulated drinking water systems is of high quality.  For example, in 2007-08, municipal residential drinking water systems across the province had more than 520,000 drinking water quality tests analyzed by licensed laboratories-and 99.85 per cent of the tests met Ontario’s rigorous drinking water quality standards. This is just one of the successful results in this year’s report.

Since the release of the first Chief Drinking Water Inspector’s Annual Report in 2006, Ontario has continued to safeguard drinking water sources and treatment systems. Ontario’s drinking water safety net  continues to be a model for drinking water protection.
  
I want to take this opportunity to thank all of our drinking water partners and stakeholders across Ontario for their hard work and continued support. Rest assured that we take our drinking water management responsibility very seriously.

John Stager

More information about Ontario's Chief Drinking Water Inspector.

Annual Report 2007-2008

Read a full version of the Chief Drinking Water Inspector's fourth annual report or view the executive summary.  The report highlights drinking water protection activities for the period April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008.  See also the related news release and backgrounder. 

Annual Report 2006-2007

Annual Report 2005-2006 

Annual Report 2004-2005