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- Petrochemical
materials,
pesticides,
fungicides, pharmaceuticals, fertilizers and heavy metals are all found
in trace amounts in both well-water and municipal water systems.
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- Residential indoor
water use
in Canada:
+ toilet – 30%
+ bathing and showering – 35%
+ laundry – 20%
+ kitchen and drinking – 10%
+ cleaning – 5%
- Water uses and
consumption:
+ toilet flush – 15-19L
+ shower (5 min.) –
100L
+ tub bath – 60L
+ automatic dishwashing – 40L
+ dishwashing by hand – 35L
+ brushing teeth – 10L (with
tap running)
+ outdoor watering – 35L/min
+ washing machine – 225L
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- About
82% of our blood is
water. It helps digest our food, transport waste, and control body
temperature.
- Each
day humans must replace
2.4 litres of water, some through drinking and the rest taken
by the body from the foods eaten.
- Once evaporated,
a water
molecule spends about 10 days in the air.
- Canada holds 20%
of the
world's fresh water, but has only 7% of the world's fresh renewable
water.
- A single lawn
sprinkler
spraying 19 litres per minute uses 50% more water in just one
hour than a combination of ten toilet flushes, two 5-minute showers,
two dishwasher loads, and a full load of clothes.
- Approximately
60% of
Canada's fresh water drains north, while 85% of the population lives
along the southern border with the United States.
- Toilets (while
consuming
nearly 1/4 of our municipal water supply) use 40% more water than
needed.
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- Many homes lose more
water
from leaky taps than they need for cooking and drinking.
- Less than 3% of the water
produced at municipal water treatment plants are used for drinking
purposes.
- During the summer, about half of
all treated water is sprayed onto lawns and gardens.
- A
5-minute shower with a standard shower head uses 100 litres of
water.
- A
5-minute shower with a low-flow shower head uses only
35 litres of water.
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