Canada: a water paradise?
Here in Canada we are fortunate. We have extensive supplies of water. Our pristine rivers and lakes filled explorers and settlers with a sense of majesty and awe. Today, they continue to impress Canadians and visitors alike. Yet under the pressures of human development, many of these waters are losing their unspoiled quality.
It is no wonder. We dispose of human wastes, animal wastes and chemical substances into the environment at such a rate that even some of the largest lakes and river systems – the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River, for example – are having serious difficulty cleansing themselves and sustaining life.
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