It takes as much energy to treat the water used from leaving a tap running for five minutes as it takes to keep at 60W incandescent bulb lit for 14 hours. 14 hours!
Water consumption is a concern because of the direct use of a precious resource, and also because several other resources are used to return water to a drinkable state, such as energy, chemicals, space, and labour.
From Environment Canada:
Compared to Europeans, we use more than twice as much water. Each of us uses about 329 litres of water each day.
· Of that, 30% is flushed down the toilet.
· Another 35% is used in showers and baths.
· Clothes washing takes about 20%.
· Another 10% is used in the kitchen for drinking, food preparation and dish washing.
· And, 5% goes for general cleaning around the house
Click the Environment Canada link to read more about how Canadians use their water and what you can do to help conserve this precious resource.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
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