Water Use
We Canadians love our water. We Canadians are also one of the largest consumers of water in the world, partly because we are lucky enough to have such an abundance of it.
In fact, many of us live in the Lake of the Woods region simply because of the water. And it’s hard to think about conservation of this precious resource when we can see it all around us. Fresh, clean water is something we take for granted, but we need to think about how we can preserve it for future generations. Water conservation can be practiced by everyone, everywhere.
Here are some startling facts:
Canadians use an average of 326 litres per day per person. That’s 118,889 litres per year!
- 33% is used to flush toilets
- 16% in showering and baths
- 23% in laundry
- 28% for drinking, cooking, watering lawns and gardens
- One drip/second from a leaky faucet wastes 10,000 litres/year
- Overloading your septic system from washers, dishwashers, running taps can contaminates our lakes with poorly treated or untreated water.
