Cameron Water Hardness & Quality Report (2026)

Cameron's drinking water is managed by the City of Burnaby, purchasing bulk supply from Metro Vancouver (GVWD) — sourced from the Capilano, Seymour, and Coquitlam mountain watersheds. Water is treated at the Seymour-Capilano Filtration Plant using ozonation, biofiltration, UV disinfection, and chloramination, fully meeting the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality (GCDWQ). Hardness in the Cameron distribution sub-zone is 31.5 mg/L (1.8 gpg) — classified as soft by Health Canada, consistent with the inner Metro Vancouver Burnaby soft supply at the Metrotown-area distribution zone.

Cameron (a neighbourhood in central-east Burnaby near the Cameron Recreation Centre on the North Road corridor — a residential area of single-family homes and apartment buildings in central Burnaby between the Metrotown commercial hub and the North Road New Westminster boundary, a community of diverse Southeast Asian, Filipino, and established Burnaby families adjacent to the Cameron Elementary School and the Burnaby parks system) shows 31.5 mg/L — consistent with the broadly soft Metro Vancouver supply at the inner central Burnaby distribution zone, similar to Willingdon Heights (30 mg/L) and Champlain Heights (30.5 mg/L) in the Metro Vancouver inner distribution ring. The characteristically soft Seymour-Capilano supply reaches this Burnaby distribution sub-zone at near-source soft character.

With 31.5 mg/L, Cameron homes are essentially scale-free — occasional kettle cleaning every three months is adequate. Hot water tanks have an excellent operational lifespan. The City of Burnaby provides water quality information at burnaby.ca. Health Canada lead precautionary guidance applies to pre-1975 properties in the established Cameron Burnaby residential area near North Road.