Evergreen Water Hardness & Quality Report (2026)

Evergreen's drinking water is managed by the City of Saskatoon, via a mixed supply from the South Saskatchewan River — Evergreen is a residential neighbourhood in south Saskatoon, part of the Lakewood and Evergreen park belt in the southwest Saskatoon residential corridor, a community of newer single-family homes and townhouses in the rapidly growing south Saskatoon suburbs near the Preston Crossing commercial area, the Lakewood Civic Centre, and the Ring Road south Saskatoon bypass, one of the newer residential communities in Saskatoon's expanding southwest residential growth belt. Water undergoes coagulation, sedimentation, filtration, UV disinfection, and chloramination, fully meeting the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality (GCDWQ). Hardness measures 414 mg/L (24.2 gpg) — classified as very hard by Health Canada, with TDS of 1,167.3 mg/L — consistent with the standard Saskatoon South Saskatchewan supply range (411–413 mg/L from reference data).

Evergreen's 414 mg/L is the standard Saskatoon South Saskatchewan River supply — the Saskatoon water treatment plant processes the South Saskatchewan River water, which carries dissolved minerals from the Devonian carbonate succession and the Cretaceous Judith River and Belly River formations of the prairie basin, producing extraordinarily hard supply throughout Saskatoon. The 'mixed' designation confirms a blend of the river supply with some local groundwater components, maintaining the extreme hardness characteristic of the central plains Saskatchewan supply.

At 414 mg/L, Evergreen homeowners face extreme scale challenges — frequent kettle, showerhead, and tap aerator cleaning is typical, and hot water tanks require periodic inspection. Whole-home water softeners are very common in Saskatoon. The City of Saskatoon provides water quality information at saskatoon.ca/water. Health Canada lead precautionary guidance applies to pre-1975 properties in the established Saskatoon south residential area.