1. Canadian Water Use Averages How much water do we use?

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

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

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

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

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

7.  Average 4 per week  Average time is 8 mins per shower  @5 litres per minute  Total per week = 160 litres of water Average Power Shower

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

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

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

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

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

13.  In Canada, per capita, bottled water consumption grew 40% from 1999-2004. In 1999, each Canadian consumed approx. 24.4 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

14.  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.

15.  An estimated 88% of water bottles are not recycled in Canada.  Canadians sent 65 million kilograms of plastic beverage containers to landfill in 2002.  These bottles take 1000 years to biodegrade and may leak toxic additives into the ground water.

16.  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

17.  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.

18.  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 240- 10,000 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

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