Table 2-1
Water use parameters in manufacturing
industries, 2009 — Provinces and territories
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| Intake | Recirculation | Recirculation rate Note 1 | Gross water use Note 2 | Discharge | Consumption Note 3 | Consumption rate Note 4 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of cubic metres |
% | millions of cubic metres | % | millions of cubic metres | % | millions of cubic metres | % | millions of cubic metres | % | |||
| Canada | 3,806.2 A | 100.0 | 2,003.3 B | 100.0 | 52.6 | 5,809.5 | 100.0 | 3,450.6 A | 100.0 | 355.6 | 100.0 | 9.3 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
| Prince Edward Island | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
| Nova Scotia | 181.9 C | 4.8 | 94.1 Note E: Use with caution | 4.7 | 51.7 | 276.0 | 4.8 | 171.3 C | 5.0 | 10.6 | 3.0 | 5.8 |
| New Brunswick | 169.2 B | 4.4 | 69.3 A | 3.5 | 41.0 | 238.5 | 4.1 | 162.9 B | 4.7 | 6.3 | 1.8 | 3.7 |
| Quebec | 974.3 B | 25.6 | 586.2 C | 29.3 | 60.2 | 1,560.5 | 26.9 | 925.0 C | 26.8 | 49.3 | 13.9 | 5.1 |
| Ontario | 1,478.5 A | 38.8 | 846.5 A | 42.3 | 57.3 | 2,325.0 | 40.0 | 1,328.8 A | 38.5 | 149.7 | 42.1 | 10.1 |
| Manitoba | 88.2 B | 2.3 | 161.8 Note E: Use with caution | 8.1 | 183.4 | 250.0 | 4.3 | 81.5 B | 2.4 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 7.6 |
| Saskatchewan | 17.3 D | 0.5 | 4.2 B | 0.2 | 24.3 | 21.5 | 0.4 | 9.3 Note E: Use with caution | 0.3 | 8.0 | 2.2 | 46.2 |
| Alberta | 254.6 B | 6.7 | 78.9 D | 3.9 | 31.0 | 333.5 | 5.7 | 196.9 C | 5.7 | 57.7 | 16.2 | 22.7 |
| British Columbia | 604.8 D | 15.9 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 537.9 D | 15.6 | 66.9 | 18.8 | 11.1 |
| Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut |
0.0 A | 0.0 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 0.0 A | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Recirculation rate = Amount of recirculated water as a percent of intake. The same water can leave a sub-system and re-enter it or is used in another sub-system many times, resulting in a recirculation rate > 100%. | ||||||||||||
| Gross water use = Intake + Recirculation. | ||||||||||||
| Consumption = Intake - Discharge. | ||||||||||||
| Consumption rate = Consumption as a percentage of Intake. | ||||||||||||
| Note(s): Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding. | ||||||||||||
| x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act E use with caution F too unreliable to be published |
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Recirculation rate = Amount of recirculated
water as a percent of intake. The same water can leave a sub-system and re-enter
it or is used in another sub-system many times, resulting in a recirculation
rate > 100%.
Gross water use = Intake + Recirculation.
Consumption = Intake - Discharge.
Consumption rate = Consumption as a percentage
of Intake.
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
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