Table 10-2
Water discharge in manufacturing industries,
by point of discharge, 2011 — Drainage regions
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Public and municipal utilities | Surface water bodies | Tidewater 1 | Groundwater | Other | Total water discharge | Percentage of total water discharge | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
millions of cubic metres | % | ||||||
Canada | 272.3 B | 2,471.1 A | 420.5 B | 12.8 D | 50.2 C | 3,226.8 A | 100.0 |
Pacific Coastal | 4.1 E | x | 196.1 C | F | x | 200.6 C | 6.2 |
Fraser - Lower Mainland | 4.5 D | 193.0 B | x | F | x | 221.6 B | 6.9 |
Okanagan - Similkameen | 0.3 B | F | F | F | F | 0.4 C | 0.0 |
Columbia | 0.8 A | x | 0.0 | F | x | 152.3 A | 4.7 |
Yukon | x | 0.0 | 0.0 | x | x | 0.0 A | 0.0 |
Peace - Athabasca | x | 128.1 A | 0.0 | F | x | 128.4 A | 4.0 |
Lower Mackenzie | x | 0.0 | 0.0 | x | 0.0 | 0.0 C | 0.0 |
Arctic Coast - Islands | x | 0.0 | x | 0.0 | 0.0 | x | x |
Missouri | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
North Saskatchewan | 10.5 E | 10.3 B | 0.0 | x | x | 21.6 D | 0.7 |
South Saskatchewan | 9.2 D | 5.4 A | 0.0 | x | x | 25.7 D | 0.8 |
Assiniboine - Red | 8.7 C | 2.8 D | 0.0 | 1.8 B | 0.7 D | 14.1 B | 0.4 |
Winnipeg | x | x | 0.0 | 0.0 A | 0.0 B | x | x |
Lower Saskatchewan - Nelson | F | 62.1 A | 0.0 | x | x | 64.8 A | 2.0 |
Churchill | 0.0 C | x | 0.0 | 0.0 | x | x | x |
Keewatin - Southern Baffin Island | 0.0 | 0.0 | x | 0.0 | 0.0 | x | x |
Northern Ontario | x | x | 0.0 | x | x | 42.0 B | 1.3 |
Northern Quebec | x | x | 0.0 | x | x | x | x |
Great Lakes 2 | 103.8 C | 1,036.6 A | x | 1.9 E | x | 1,143.8 A | 35.4 |
Ottawa 2 | x | 130.4 C | 0.0 | F | x | 150.4 C | 4.7 |
St. Lawrence 2 | 87.3 D | 448.0 A | x | x | 12.4 C | 549.9 B | 17.0 |
North Shore - Gaspé | x | 58.6 A | x | 0.0 E | 0.0 D | 88.4 A | 2.7 |
Saint John - St. Croix | x | 111.3 A | x | 0.2 C | F | 129.5 A | 4.0 |
Maritime Coastal | 6.6 D | 47.2 E | 154.4 C | 0.4 E | 4.1 E | 212.8 C | 6.6 |
Newfoundland - Labrador | 9.4 E | x | 5.8 E | x | 0.0 E | 15.5 D | 0.5 |
percent | |||||||
Percentage of total water discharge | 8.4 | 76.6 | 13.0 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 100.0 | .. |
For 2005, tidewater is included in surface
water bodies and other points of discharge. As of 2007, it appears separately.
For both 2007 and 2009, data
for the Great Lakes drainage region, the Ottawa drainage region and the St.
Lawrence drainage region were combined under the Great Lakes drainage region.
For all other years they appear separately.
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
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