Every Drop Counts: Reducing the Energy and Climate Footprint of Ontario’s Water Use

Publish Date

2017

Type

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Author

Environmental Commissioner of Ontario

This document provides a review of the energy and carbon footprint of Ontario’s municipal water and wastewater systems, along with their impacts on freshwater sources and the financial costs of their energy use, and provides recommendations to the Ontario government
to reduce these impacts. While not specific to BC, the findings of the report may draw some parallels to BC and the recommendations may be of interest.