See below for detailed results of the UBC Vancouver campus drinking water sampling and testing performed in November 2011.

• Biological Sciences Building
• Buchanan Building, Block D
• Chan Centre
• Fred Kaiser Building
• Geography Building
• Graduate Student Centre
• Instructional Resources Centre (IRC)
• NRC Institute for Machinery Research
• Neville Scarfe Building
• Owl at the Barn Daycare
• Place Vanier Residence
• Student Union Building (SUB)
• Totem Park Residence

All drinking water samples and parameter found deviating from the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality in November 2011 are related to aesthetic objectives and have no health impact. 

Note that after a 60-second flush of water, the water quality became normalized and test results were within the guidelines for copper and pH. Water consumers need to flush water for one minute to ensure the freshest possible supply.

For certain buildings the 60-second flush samples still deviated from the standard for temperature, note that temperature is an aesthetic parameter with no health implication.

Of the 26 samples (13 locations, tested twice each):

• All 13 locations showed temperature values above the recommended 15 degree aesthetic objective initially but only 1 had elevated temperature level after a 60-second flush of water.
• 1 building showed pH levels slightly below the recommended aesthetic objective values, but this value increased to a level within the standard after a 60-second flush of water.
• 1 building showed copper concentrations above the aesthetic objective value in the first flush sample.