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Municipal use
Can you imagine a city without water? We use it for drinking, cooking, and for other household needs. In 2001, Canadians, on average, used 335 litres of water per person per day. Water is also needed to clean our streets, fight fires, fill public swimming pools, and water lawns and gardens. Where would this water go without a sewerage system? These residential, commercial, and public uses, and the water lost from reservoirs and pipes amounted to about 10% of all withdrawals in Canada in 1996. This figure does not include rural areas where water use is not measured. If rural domestic uses were included, this figure would rise to about 12%.
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