The Canadian Press recently published an article titled Federal bureaucrats sound alarm over murky water data based on a review of an unpublished federal report obtained under the Access to Information Act. The article concludes that, "There appears to be insufficient understanding of how much water is presently available; where available water is located; how severe Canada's regional water availability issues are; current and forecasted demands for water usage; and the anticipated impacts of climate change on future water supplies."
On May 17th Ecojustice and Forum for Leadership on Water (FLOW) released Seeking Water Justice: Strengthening Legal Protection for Canada’s Drinking Water, a national brief on the status of drinking water quality in Canada. According to the data included in this report 1,776 drinking water advisories are in place in Canada, 20-40 per cent of all rural wells have coliform or nitrate concentrations in excess of drinking water guidelines, threatening citizens with illness or even in severe cases, death.
Global water consumption has risen almost tenfold since 1900, and many parts of the world are now reaching the limits of their supply. World population is expected to increase by 45% in the next thirty years, while freshwater runoff is expected to increase by 10%. UNESCO has predicted that by 2020 water shortage will be a serious worldwide problem.
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 local town, we will soon experience this shortage.
We must all ask ourselves what are we doing to conserve this most essential natural resource. On the most basic level, it requires a behavioural change, and assigning a value to water that truly reflects its worth. It is critical now more than ever that we also consider the economic benefits of being water efficient.
I invite you to take the time to view the following video that highlights the BRAC Greywater Recycling System. The installation of a BRAC unit in your home or business will save approximately one third of your total water usage. It is estimated that an average family of four would save over 80,000 liters (21,108 us gal.) every year
Article Submitted by Ali Jamil, Owner of The Aqueduct Water Solutions Centre in the Fonthill Big Bee and Authorized Local Dealer for both the Aquacore Ultra-Filtration and the Brac Grey Water Recycling systems.
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