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Water Water, Water Everywhere… How Much Water Do You Use? Water Facts, Drainage Basins, & Water System Water Misuse in Canada

Water, Water Everywhere… “Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink.” Huh?! There is a lot of water on planet Earth. BUT… 97% of it is in the oceans 2% of it is locked in glaciers leaving approximately 1% for all of the land based plants, animals, and 6.5 billion humans to survive on

How Much Water Do You Use? Town/City Consumption (litres/person) Whitby 973 Ajax 968 Oshawa 964 Pickering 950 Newcastle 936 Uxbridge 809 Courtice 736 Bowmanville 732 Orono 609

How Much Water Do You Use?

Water Facts Almost 9% of Canada’s total area is covered by freshwater There is enough freshwater on the earth to cover Canada and the US to a depth of 1.8 kilometers Approximately 60% of Canada’s fresh water drains north while 85% of the population lives along the southern border Canada holds 20% of the worlds fresh water supply There are up to 100 000 chemicals in commercial use worldwide that end up making there way into the water cycle

Water Facts Toilets use over 40% more water than needed Many homes lose more water from leaky taps than they need for cooking and drinking Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes One out of every three Canadians depend on the Great Lakes for their water

Drainage Basins of N. America Arctic Ocean Drainage Basin Hudson Bay Drainage Basin Atlantic Ocean Drainage Basin Pacific Ocean Drainage Basin Gulf of Mexico Drainage Basin

Drainage Basins of N. America Major Waterway Region Pacific Ocean Fraser, Columbia West of the Rockies Arctic Ocean Mackenzie The Territories Hudson Bay Saskatchewan The Prairies + Northern Ontario and Quebec Atlantic Ocean St. Lawrence Southern Ontario and Quebec + the Maritimes Gulf of Mexico Mississippi Southeastern U.S.A.

The Water System List the names of the stages in order as they appear.

The Water System 1. Catchment

The Water System 2. Dams

The Water System 3. Water Treatment

The Water System 4. Transport

The Water System 5. Usage at Home

The Water System 6. Sewers

The Water System 7. Sewage Treatment

The Water System 8. Reuse

The Water System

Water Misuse in Canada

Water Misuse in Canada Proposed water diversion projects