Residential Lead Monitoring Program 2025
The City of Flin Flon is offering free water sample testing for lead in drinking water.
Residential lead testing is a requirement of the City of Flin Flon water system’s operating licence. By collecting a water sample from your home for lead analysis, you will assistt us in meeting the terms and conditions of our operating licence as well as ensuring a continued supply of safe reliable drinking water.
Priority will be given to households with expectant mothers, infants or small children.
Register for Residential Lead Testing
If you are interested in having the drinking water in your home tested for lead, please phone or email the City of Flin Flon by August 5, 2025, using the contact information below and provide your name, address, phone number and email.
James REITLO
Phone (Business Hours): 1-833-210-6435, Option 4 → 3
Email: jreitlo@flinflon.ca
The City of Flin Flon will advise you on how the water samples will be collected from your residence.
You will receive the results of your drinking water test. If your drinking water has elevated lead levels, the City of Flin Flon will provide you with advice on how you can reduce lead in your drinking water.
The Province of Manitoba website provides additional details on lead in drinking water: https://www.gov.mb.ca/sd/water/drinking-water/lead/index.html
Lead exposure can have effects on everyone, but children and unborn children are the most sensitive to lead exposure. Health Canada Guidelines state that lead concentration in drinking water should not exceed 0.005 mg/L.
Why Are We Testing For Lead In Residential Water?
Water entering the distribution system from the City of Flin Flon Water Treatment Plant meets lead guidelines. However, lead can enter the water from lead containing materials in the plumbing in homes.
Lead services lines were largely phased out by 1975 and lead-containing fixtures and solder by 1990. Some newer homes may have plumbing fixtures containing lead. Testing the drinking water in your home will help the City of Flin Flon assess whether lead is present in residential drinking water and will inform Manitoba Health on the best course of action to take if it exceeds guidelines.
Read the 2024 Residential Lead Testing results here.
Lead levels in 2024 met and/or surpassed requirements.