Kirby's Beach Water Treatment Plant in Bracebridge

The Water Treatment Plant serving the Town of Bracebridge was constructed in 1995. The system features pre-treatment consisting of chemically assisted coagulation-flocculation, sedimentation and filtration using dual media filters with a combination of sand and anthracite coal. Disinfection in a post treatment chlorine contact chamber is followed by fluoridation and final pH adjustment before the treated water is pumped to customers.

The water system currently serves a population of approximately 9000. The rated water production capacity of the plant is 10,500 cubic meters per day. The raw water source is Lake Muskoka where the intake is located two meters above the lakebed at a depth of 18 meters and about 500 meters from shore.