Falconridge Water Hardness & Quality Report (2026)

Falconridge's drinking water is managed by the City of Calgary, drawing from the Bow River at the Bearspaw Water Treatment Plant — Falconridge is a residential neighbourhood in the northeast quadrant of Calgary near Falconridge Way and McKnight Boulevard NE, one of Calgary's established 1970s–1980s northeast suburban communities of detached homes and townhouses in the McKnight-68th Street NE corridor, adjacent to the Beddington-Falconridge recreational pathway system, the Falconridge Castleridge Park, and the northeast Calgary community of Village Square and Castleridge, a community with a diverse multicultural resident base including East African, South Asian, and Caribbean-Canadian families in the northeast Calgary inner residential belt. Water undergoes coagulation, sedimentation, filtration, UV disinfection, and chloramination, fully meeting the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality (GCDWQ). Hardness in Falconridge is 237.5 mg/L (13.9 gpg) — classified as very hard by Health Canada, consistent with the Bearspaw plant northeast Calgary distribution.

Falconridge draws from the Bow River Bearspaw plant supply serving the northeast Calgary distribution. At 237.5 mg/L, Falconridge is in the mid-range of the Bearspaw plant northeast Calgary corridor, consistent with the adjacent Temple (233 mg/L from batch 36) and Rexdale (237.5 mg/L effectively equivalent) northeast Calgary sub-zones. The Bow River carries dissolved Devonian carbonate from the Rocky Mountain Front Ranges, producing very hard supply throughout the Calgary system.

At 237.5 mg/L, Falconridge homeowners face persistent scale challenges — monthly to bimonthly kettle and showerhead descaling is typical. Hot water tanks benefit from periodic inspection. The City of Calgary provides water quality information at calgary.ca/water. Health Canada lead precautionary guidance applies to pre-1975 properties in the established Falconridge neighbourhood.