KINGSTON, ONT. / March 3, 2011 – Utilities Kingston wants to assure its customers they can be confident in the City's water system. Utilities Kingston has received several inquires about the City's drinking water from residents who report being approached by a door-to-door sales company which questions the quality of Kingston's water supply. The company is reported to be selling home water filtration systems. There are a series of filtration, treatment, monitoring and backup systems in place to continually supply high quality drinking water to every home and business within the urban area of Kingston. Yearly drinking water quality reports detail how the systems operate. The latest drinking water quality reports were issued by Utilities Kingston on February 15 and are available at http://www.utilitieskingston.com/Water/WaterReports.aspx and at City Hall, 216 Ontario St. The reports are prepared in response to Ontario Regulation 170 of the Safe Water Drinking Act. "Ontario has one the strictest set of standards," says Kevin Riley, Water Treatment Manager. "Kingston continually meets and exceeds these standards." The purchase of a home water filtration system, while not necessary for a safe supply of drinking water, remains the choice of the homeowner

The following is a CBC web link to a program on Marketplace regarding sales tactics of home filtration salespeople
http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/2011/cleanwaterdirtytricks/

If you are interested in information about your legal rights as a consumer when you buy something from a salesperson who comes to your door, further information is available from the Ontario Ministry of Consumer Services website at the following link: http://www.sse.gov.on.ca/mcs/en/Pages/Door_to_Door_Sales.aspx