Health Canada Documents for Public Review & Comment
When Health Canada has intent to update guidelines related to drinking water, a technical guideline document is developed to propose these changes. The document is first reviewed by external experts before seeking comments from the public during a limited consultation period.
Below you can access open and closed consultations. Information to submit comments is located within each link on Health Canada’s website.
Open Consultations
Consultation: Cyanobacteria and their Toxins in Recreational Water – Guideline Technical Document
Proposed guideline technical document for dicamba in drinking water
Recently Closed Consultations
Boron in Drinking Water: Guideline Technical Document for Public Consultation
Guidance on Monitoring the Biological Stability of Drinking Water in Distribution Systems
Proposed guideline for Canadian drinking water quality for metribuzin
Withdrawal of Select Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality
Past Consultations
Consultation – Cadmium in Drinking Water
Consultation – Guidance on Natural Organic Matter in Drinking Water
Consultation on 1,4-dioxane in drinking water
Consultation on aluminum in drinking water
Consultation on Barium in drinking water
Consultation on Chloramines in drinking water
Consultation on copper in drinking water
Consultation on enteric viruses in drinking water
Consultation on Escherichia coli (E. coli) in Drinking Water
Consultation on guidance on the use of quantitative microbial risk assessment in drinking water
Consultation on strontium in drinking water
Consultation on the review of guideline technical document – Total coliforms in drinking water
Consultation on uranium in drinking water
Consultation on uranium in drinking water