WATER

The basis of all life, water is our most precious resource. Like air, we are almost completely dependent on our local environment for this resource.

Where does it come from?

Where does it go?

What you can do!

Did you know?

• Ottawa uses over 300 million litres of water—enough to fill 2.3 million bathtubs!—every
  day.

• If placed end-to-end, Ottawa’s water pipes would stretch from Parliament Hill to the
  Pacific Ocean.

• More than half the electricity used by the City of Ottawa goes toward pumping and treating
  drinking water and wastewater.

• Ottawa’s drinking water and wastewater systems cost us about $225 million each year to
  operate.

• A leaky faucet can waste over 10,000 litres of water a year; a leaky toilet, over 40,000.