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Treated water refers to water that has been treated and is ready to be conveyed to consumers. In the Survey of Drinking Water Plants it also includes potable water conveyed by plants without treatment.
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Statistics Canada, 2010, Human Activity and the Environment 2010: Freshwater supply and demand in Canada, Catalogue no. 16-201-X, Table 3.1.
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Statistics Canada, 2009, Survey of Drinking Water Plants, 2005 to 2007, Catalogue no. 16-403-X, Tables 3 and 4.
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The Great Lakes, St. Lawrence and Pacific Coastal and Yukon drainage regions (the latter two are combined to protect confidentiality) are discussed in this article because they produce the largest volumes of drinking water. Also, the Newfoundland–Labrador drainage region (in Chart 3 only) had the least seasonal variation in drinking water demand, while the Okanagan–Similkameen drainage region had the greatest.
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Statistics Canada, 2009, Survey of Drinking Water Plants, 2005 to 2007, Catalogue no. 16-403-X, Tables 3 and 4.
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Statistics Canada, 2009, Standard Drainage Area Classification (SDAC) 2003, www.statcan.gc.ca/subjects-sujets/standard-norme/sdac-ctad/sdac-ctad-eng.htm (accessed April 16, 2010).
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Per capita of the population served.
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Environment Canada, 2010, Municipal Water and Wastewater Survey: Municipal Water Use 2006 Summary Tables, www.ec.gc.ca/Water-apps/MWWS/pdf/MWWS_2006_WaterUse_May2010.pdf (accessed July 16, 2010).
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Environment Canada, 2007, 2007 Municipal Water Use Report: Municipal Water Use 2004 Statistics,www.ec.gc.ca/Water-apps/MWWS/pdf/e_mun2004.pdf (accessed July 19, 2010).
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Natural Resources Canada, 2008, From Impacts to Adaptation: Canada in a Changing Climate 2007, D.S. Lemmen, F.J.Warren, J. Lacroix, and E. Bush (eds.), http://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/assess/2007/index_e.php (accessed May 26, 2010).
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Natural Resources Canada, 2008, From Impacts to Adaptation: Canada in a Changing Climate 2007, D.S. Lemmen, F.J.Warren, J. Lacroix, and E. Bush (eds.), http://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/assess/2007/index_e.php (accessed May 26, 2010).
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Okanagan Water Stewardship Council, 2008, Okanagan Sustainable Water Strategy - Action Plan 1.0, www.obwb.ca/fileadmin/docs/osws_action_plan.pdf (accessed May 25, 2010).
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City of Kelowna, 2009, Water Regulations, www.kelowna.ca/CM/Page2506.aspx (accessed June 7, 2010).
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Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, 2010, Survey of Drinking Water Plants (survey no. 5149).
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Statistics Canada, 2009, Survey of Drinking Water Plants, 2005 to 2007, Catalogue no. 16-403-X, Tables 3 and 4.
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Okanagan Basin Water Board, 2010, Okanagan Water Supply & Demand Project Phase 2 - Key Findings, www.obwb.ca/fileadmin/docs/100326_key_findings.pdf (accessed May 25, 2010).
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Resource Management Strategies Inc., 2007, Regional Municipality of York: Water Efficiency Master Plan Update, Final Report - April 27, 2007,www.york.ca/NR/rdonlyres/bjdcejrhustvsh2lksufvfbcayqxvxp3lldmujaswui34cfpy7xmbtuijxuc4fbyo2gqmsahr6ziozvwhvqn44bvie/York+Region+ WEMP+Final+Report+with+Appendices+April+27+2007.pdf (accessed July 19, 2010).
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City of Penticton Water Conservation, 2004, Water & You, www.penticton.ca/water/default.asp (accessed June 7, 2010).
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Rutland Waterworks District, n.d. (no date), A Table Comparing Kelowna's Five Major Water Utilities, www.rutlandwaterworks.com/page.php?pageID=197 (accessed June 7, 2010).
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Water yield is the amount of freshwater derived from unregulated flow measurements for a given geographic area over a defined period of time and is an estimate of the renewable water. For more information on the water yield, please refer to Statistics Canada, 2010, Human Activity and the Environment 2010: Freshwater supply and demand in Canada, Catalogue no. 16-201-X.
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Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, 2010, Survey of Drinking Water Plants (survey no. 5149).
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Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, 2010, special tabulation.
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National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, 2010, Changing Currents: Water Sustainability and the Future of Canada's Natural Resource Sector,www.nrtee-trnee.ca/eng/publications/changing-currents/changing-currents-eng.php (accessed June 17, 2010).
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National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, 2010, Changing Currents: Water Sustainability and the Future of Canada's Natural Resource Sector,www.nrtee-trnee.ca/eng/publications/changing-currents/changing-currents-eng.php (accessed June 17, 2010).
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Statistics Canada, 2010, Population Projections for Canada, Provinces, and Territories, 2009 to 2036, Catalogue no. 91-520-X.
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Seniors who were common-law were not reported due to unreliable estimates.
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Statistics Canada, 2009, Place of Work Highlight Tables, 2006 Census, "Employed labour force by mode of transportation,"http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-561/T603-eng.cfm?SR=1 (accessed October 22, 2010).
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Statistics Canada, 2009, Place of Work Highlight Tables, 2006 Census, "Employed labour force by mode of transportation," http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-561/T603-eng.cfm?SR=1 (accessed October 22, 2010).
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