Huntington Hills Water Hardness & Quality Report (2026)

Huntington Hills' drinking water is managed by the City of Calgary, drawing from the Bow River at the Bearspaw Water Treatment Plant — Calgary's northwest water treatment facility serving north and northwest communities. Water undergoes coagulation, sedimentation, filtration, UV disinfection, and chloramination, fully meeting the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality (GCDWQ). Hardness in Huntington Hills is 204.5 mg/L (11.9 gpg) — classified as very hard by Health Canada, consistent with the Bearspaw plant north Calgary distribution.

Huntington Hills (a large post-war residential community in northwest Calgary near Beddington Trail and 14th Street NW — one of Calgary's classic north Calgary suburban communities developed in the 1970s, a neighbourhood of single-family homes and established mature trees on the northwest Calgary plateau above the Bow River valley, adjacent to the Confederation Park golf course and the 14th Street NW commercial corridor) draws from the Bow River Bearspaw plant. The Bow River at Bearspaw carries dissolved Devonian carbonate from the Rocky Mountain Front Ranges, producing very hard supply throughout the north Calgary distribution. The 204.5 mg/L is consistent with the Bearspaw plant north Calgary distribution range (197–267 mg/L from reference data).

At 204.5 mg/L, Huntington Hills homeowners face persistent scale challenges — monthly to bimonthly kettle and showerhead descaling is typical. Hot water tanks benefit from periodic inspection and flushing. The City of Calgary provides water quality information at calgary.ca/water. Health Canada lead precautionary guidance applies to the neighbourhood's 1970s and 1980s housing stock for any pre-1975 properties in the earliest Huntington Hills streets.