Haney Water Hardness & Quality Report (2026)

Haney (the historic town centre of Maple Ridge — the urban core of the City of Maple Ridge on the north bank of the Fraser River at the junction of Dewdney Trunk Road and the Lougheed Highway, approximately 40 km east of Vancouver) receives its drinking water from the City of Maple Ridge, drawing from the North Alouette River and Alouette Lake reservoir system in the mountains immediately north of Maple Ridge. Water is treated at the Maple Ridge water treatment plant using ozonation, filtration, UV disinfection, and chloramination, fully meeting the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality (GCDWQ). Hardness in the Haney/Maple Ridge distribution zone is 96.5 mg/L (5.6 gpg) — classified as moderately hard by Health Canada, consistent with the Alouette watershed supply character.

Maple Ridge draws from the Alouette River watershed in the Golden Ears Provincial Park and Garibaldi volcanic belt foothills — the same general Coast Mountain zone as the Metro Vancouver watersheds but from a distinct eastern valley system. The Alouette watershed drains Cretaceous intrusive granodiorite and Jurassic volcanic terrain with moderate mineral content, producing the 96.5 mg/L supply — harder than central Metro Vancouver (15–55 mg/L) but comparable to the Port Moody Coquitlam reservoir supply (90.5 mg/L). Maple Ridge is not part of the Metro Vancouver wholesale water system, operating its own independent water supply system from the Alouette.

At 96.5 mg/L, Haney residents experience moderate scale deposits — cleaning every two months is advisable. Hot water tanks operate reliably at this hardness. The City of Maple Ridge provides water quality information at mapleridge.ca. Health Canada lead precautionary guidance applies to residents in older pre-1975 Haney downtown core properties in the historic early 20th-century residential areas.