Health Information

Sampling & Testing

Lambton Public Health works with residents of Lambton County to offer testing and sampling services that help prevent or reduce illness related to environmental exposures, such as water and insects. Details on water sampling and testing are provided below. For information on identifying ticks, visit the Lyme Disease page.

Water Sampling & Testing

Our goal is to ensure our water remains safe for everyone to use, whether it is drinking water or recreational water use. Public health inspectors (PHIs) help prevent and reduce water-borne illness related to drinking water by:

  • Working with operators of municipal and small drinking water systems
  • Issuing boil water or drinking water advisories
  • Helping homeowners get private well water tested, interpret water sample results, and provide advice
  • Inspecting public pools, wading pools, spas (hot tubs), etc.
  • Monitoring water quality and safety of public beaches
  • Investigating reports of water-borne illnesses
  • Educating ways to maintain clean and safe waters

Stay safe by:

  • Avoiding recreational waters areas posted as unsafe
  • Checking beach water quality and call the beach info line 519-383-3816 or sign up for text updates and text “BEACH” to 226-909-3003
  • Testing your private well routinely 3-4 times per year, and immediately if the well is flooded

Drinking Water Testing

Public Health Ontario (PHO) offers free drinking water testing to detect contamination, including E. coli, in private drinking water systems. This service is available to individuals who rely on private water sources, such as wells, cisterns, or treated lake water.

PHO has developed a new online Water Testing Portal for private drinking water, that is located on PHO’s website enabling clients to receive their drinking water test reports electronically through the portal.

This portal allows for quick online access to water testing services and can be accessed here: www.publichealthontario.ca/WaterPortal.

Water sampling kits can be picked up from, or dropped off to, Lambton Public Health at the locations below:

Lambton Public Health, 160 Exmouth St., Point Edward
Phone: 519-383-8331 or 1-800-667-1839

  • Monday-Thursday: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
  • Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Charlotte Eleanor Englehart Hospital, 450 Blanche St., Petrolia
Phone: (519) 882-4325

  • Monday-Wednesday 8:00 a.m. -3:30 p.m.

North Lambton Community Health Centre (NLCHC), 3-59 King St. West, Forest
The Lambton Public Health sub-office is closed, however water samples can be dropped off at NLCHC main reception.

  • Monday: 8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
  • Thursday: 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Alternatively, residents may be closer to:

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