Let us take the global picture into account. As per a recent study, by the year 2020 water shortage will be a serious worldwide problem. Our water resources will not be sufficient anymore. So an environmental approach is not only a good thing, it is necessary if we want our children to have water when they grow up.
In fact, Canada rates as the second biggest water consumer (right behind the US). On average, each Canadian uses 1600 cubic meters of water per year. This is 6400 tons of water for a family of four…This is more than twice as much water as the average person from France, three times as much as the average German, almost four times as much as the average Swede and more than eight times as much as the average Dane. Canada’s per capita water consumption is 65% above the world average. At this rate, our water supplies (mainly ground-level sources) will not be able to support our growing needs and expanding population.
This means that even here, in our own towns, we will soon experience this shortage. You may have noticed recently that more and more municipalities have started taxing water consumption; this is a direct consequence. And it’s only just begun. Important changes will be asked of us over the coming years.
The following diagrams are presented as a backrounder about water facts and how these facts apply and affect us currently, and what is forcasted in the years to come. When you have finished looking at this section, please see our "products" area under "Water Conservation" to see how what kind of positive measures you can take right now to address the water conservation issue.
