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Potable water volumes processed by drinking water plants — Source water type and drainage region

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Potable water volumes processed by drinking water plants — Source water type and drainage region
Table summary
This table displays the potable water volumes processed by drinking water plants, broken down by source water type and drainage region for 2011. The row headers are comprised of the Canada total and the 25 drainage region names. The column headers are comprised of the drainage region code and the four source water categories including total. The unit of measure is millions of cubic metres. This table has a note which reads "Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding."
  Drainage region Surface water Groundwater Groundwater under the direct influence of surface water Total
  code millions of cubic metres
Canada … 4,522.9 A 512.6 A 67.7 A 5,103.1 A
Pacific Coastal 1 391.4 A 24.7 A 4.2 A 420.3 A
Fraser–Lower Mainland 2 163.5 A 47.8 A 0.5 A 211.8 A
Okanagan–Similkameen 3 80.1 A 14.6 A 1.7 A 96.5 A
Columbia 4 23.3 B 9.9 B .. 33.3 A
Yukon 5 .. 7.3 A 0.9 A 8.2 A
Peace–Athabasca 6 33.8 A 8.7 A 1.3 A 43.8 A
Lower Mackenzie 7 7.2 A 0.3 A 0.0 … 7.5 A
Arctic Coast–Islands 8 1.4 A 0.0 … 0.0 … 1.4 A
Missouri 9 0.4 A 0.2 E F 0.7 B
North Saskatchewan 10 151.2 A 6.1 A 1.1 A 158.4 A
South Saskatchewan 11 287.8 A 11.9 A 9.3 A 309.0 A
Assiniboine–Red 12 134.5 A 20.8 A 2.3 D 157.5 A
Winnipeg 13 9.2 A 0.0 … 0.0 … 9.2 A
Lower Saskatchewan–Nelson 14 5.6 A 5.1 A 0.0 … 10.7 A
Churchill 15 6.6 B 0.8 E .. 7.4 A
Keewatin–Southern Baffin Island 16 0.7 D 0.0 As 0.0 … 0.7 C
Northern Ontario 17 12.6 A 4.6 A 0.0 … 17.2 A
Northern Quebec 18 4.0 A 10.6 E 0.0 … 14.6 D
Great Lakes 19 1,309.9 A 135.3 A 29.0 A 1,474.3 A
Ottawa 20 241.7 A 19.6 B 0.5 A 261.9 A
St. Lawrence 21 1,325.3 A 85.9 A 12.3 A 1,423.6 A
North Shore–Gaspé 22 63.9 B 32.0 A 0.5 D 96.4 A
Saint John–St. Croix 23 33.5 A 17.8 A 3.0 A 54.3 A
Maritime Coastal 24 119.5 A 42.8 B 0.4 A 162.7 A
Newfoundland–Labrador 25 115.8 A 5.7 B 0.4 D 122.0 A
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, CANSIM table 153-0105.
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