Canadian Water Use Averages How much water do we use?

 Average 2 drinks/day….12/week 1 litre per drink  Total per week = 14 litres of water Having a Drink

 Average 1 per day, 7/week (up to 3 mins) 15 liters  Total per week =105 litres of water Washing face and hands

 Average 3 times/day, 21 per week 6 Litres each time  Total per week = 126 litres of water Flushing the Toilet

 Average 2/day, 14 per week  Tap turned 3 litres per brush  Total with tap off = 42 litres per week  Tap left 7 litres per brush  Total with tap on = 98 litres per week Brushing your Teeth

 Average 4 per week  Average time is 8 mins per shower 10 litres per minute  Total per week = 320 litres of water Average Shower

 Average 4 per week  Average time is 8 mins per shower litres per minute  Total per week = 160 litres of water Average Power Shower

 Average 3 times per week 10 litres per wash  Total per week = 30 litres of water Washing Dishes by Hand

 Average 3 times per week 30 litres per wash  Total per week = 90 litres of water Using a Dishwasher

 Average 3 washes per week 80 litres per wash  Total per week =240 litres of water Using a Washing Machine

 Average 1 litre per day, 7 days per week  Total per week = 7 litres of water Cooking and Prep

 Average amount of water used per week is…  732 Litres of Water!!! Average Total

 In Canada, per capita, bottled water consumption grew 40% from In 1999, each Canadian consumed approx litres of bottled water.  By 2005 it had increased to about 60 litres per person, with sales worth $657.7 million. Plastic Bottles of Water

 Bottled water ranks as the second largest commercial beverage sold in the US on a volume basis. In Canada, it now outpaces the consumption if each of these beverages;  Coffee, tea, apple juice and milk  In contrast to tap water, which is distributed to energy efficient infrastructure, transporting bottled water over long distances involved burning massive quantities of fossil fuels.

 An estimated 88% of water bottles are not recycled in Canada.  Canadians sent 65 million kilograms of plastic beverage containers to landfill in  These bottles take 1000 years to biodegrade and may leak toxic additives into the ground water.

 Dasani bottled water (owned by Coca-Cola) is actually filtered municipal tap water, bottles in Brampton Calgary.  Aquafina water (owned by Pepsi) is also sourced from municipalities.  Canadians have started asking: Why pay for something that flows from a tap? Types of Water

 In Canada, tap water is tested more than bottled water.  Canadian Tap water is also fluorinated, better for your teeth.  A number of scientists have shown that bottled water is often less safe than tap water.

 The bottled water industry is the most unregulated resource industry in the U.S. and Canada.  Often corporations pay very little for the water they extract from the ground of the tap, and consumers pay ,000 times more for bottled water than they would for tap water.  Bottled water costs more than gasoline.  Several Canadian cities have banned the sale of water bottles to various degrees, including Charlottetown, Nelson B.C., Waterloo Ontario, and St. John’s NFL. Industry

   Photos-from-the-Plastiki-Crew Photos-from-the-Plastiki-Crew  Read the Plastiki article!! What are some problems with people using plastic bottles? See how people are taking a stand!!!