Glenwood Water Hardness & Quality Report (2026)

Glenwood's drinking water is managed by the City of Port Coquitlam, purchasing bulk supply from Metro Vancouver (GVWD) — sourced from the Coquitlam Lake watershed in the Coast Mountains. Water is treated at Metro Vancouver facilities using ozonation, biofiltration, UV disinfection, and chloramination, fully meeting the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality (GCDWQ). Hardness in the Glenwood distribution sub-zone is 33.5 mg/L (2.0 gpg) — classified as soft by Health Canada, consistent with the inner Metro Vancouver Port Coquitlam soft supply.

Glenwood (a residential neighbourhood in Port Coquitlam, near the Glenwood community on the northeast Port Coquitlam plateau above the Coquitlam River — a community of single-family homes and townhouses in the Port Coquitlam residential belt adjacent to the Coquitlam River park corridor, the PoCo Trail, and the Terry Fox Library, in a municipality that celebrates its status as hometown of Terry Fox and the starting point of his Marathon of Hope from Port Coquitlam harbour in 1980) shows 33.5 mg/L — consistent with the broadly soft Metro Vancouver Coquitlam Lake supply at the inner Port Coquitlam distribution zone, similar to Cameron (31.5 mg/L) and Champlain Heights (30.5 mg/L) in the same Metro Vancouver inner ring. The characteristically soft Coquitlam Lake supply reaches this Port Coquitlam distribution sub-zone with essentially no mineral accumulation.

With 33.5 mg/L, Glenwood homes are essentially scale-free — occasional kettle cleaning every three months is adequate. Hot water tanks have an excellent operational lifespan. The City of Port Coquitlam provides water quality information at portcoquitlam.ca. Health Canada lead precautionary guidance applies to pre-1975 properties in the established Glenwood Port Coquitlam neighbourhood.