Water resources declining in Southern Canada

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Water resources declining in Southern Canada

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20100913/water-resources-100913/

The Canadian Press
Date: Monday Sep. 13, 2010 8:54 AM ET
OTTAWA — "A new report says renewable water resources have declined in Southern Canada over the past three decades.

Statistics Canada says water yield in the southern part of the country, the area in which 98 per cent of the population lives, fell by an average of 3.5 cubic kilometres a year between 1971 and 2004.

The agency equates the annual loss to 1.4 million Olympic-sized swimming pools, and almost as much water as was supplied to Canada's entire residential population in 2005.

This represents an overall loss of 8.5 per cent of the water yield in Southern Canada over 34 years."