Alvinston, Ontario is located along Former Kings Highway 79 (now Lambton CR 79), near the Middlesex County line. It is situated in the Township of Brooke-Alvinston, Ontario. Middlesex County is a census division located in Western Ontario. ... The term township generally means the district or area associated with a town. ...
The Alvinston water treatment plant is a conventional treatment plant which treats water from the Sydenham River.
The detection of positive levels of atrazine, dicamba and traces of other pesticides at the Alvinston water treatment plant indicates that the raw water source is influenced by agricultural activity.
The Alvinston water treatment plant, for the sample years 1993, 1994 and 1995, produced acceptable quality water and this was maintained in the distribution system.