Water Use
Residential consumers in Canada used 343 litres per person per day, or roughly twice as much per person as in other industrialized countries, with the exception of the United States. and Australia. According to one source water use in Montreal, where there is little metering, is particularly high at 1,287 liter per person per day in 1999.
According to the Environment Canada, the following sectors account for the following shares of municipal water use:
- 52% residential users
- 19% commercial users
- 16% industrial users
- 13% leakage.
However, a different part of the same web site of Environment Canada states that leakage losses are actually much higher at “up to 30%”.
See also: Non-revenue waterRead more about this topic: Water Supply And Sanitation In Canada
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