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Beaches in Toronto
During the summer in Toronto, the City's 11 beaches are tested for water quality, and lifeguards work at all beaches. Toronto Public Health, the City of Toronto Works and Emergency Services, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and the Marine Police and their lifeguards all work together to monitor the quality of Toronto's beaches.
Find out what Toronto beaches are safe for recreational swimming.
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Public pools, spas and water slides
In addition to monitoring the beaches, the water quality of public swimming pools, spas and water slides in Toronto is also monitored to make sure that these kinds of public water facilities meet the Ministry of Health regulations, guidelines and protocols.
Swimming Pool Operator's Manual (PDF)
Spa Operators Manual (PDF)
Private Pool Drain Cover Recall
Health Canada has recently recalled some models of swimming pool drain covers. The recall is mainly for pool drain covers for private backyard swimming pools. These drain covers are hazardous since they could trap bathers and cause serious injury or death.
Toronto Public Health strongly recommends immediately replacing recalled drain covers. To prevent injury or death, do not use swimming pools which have recalled drain covers until these drain covers have been replaced.
Storm water runoff
When water runs off storm water pipes and overflows from combined sewers, the pollution and untreated sewage degrades the water quality of Toronto's creeks, rivers and Lake Ontario, so that the E.coli bacteria levels go up.
When there are excessive E.coli bacterial levels in lake water, Toronto Public Health posts warning signs at Toronto's beaches to tell people that swimming in the lake is a health risk.
There are many things you can do to help improve Toronto's water quality.
Learn more about what the City of Toronto is doing to prevent water pollution.
Note: The document above is over 500KB in size. A high speed connection is recommended to download these files.
Last updated August 2011
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