Download or read book Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Canada is a water-rich country. However, too much or too little water can lead to serious problems. When there is too little water, there may not be enough water to irrigate farmland and there may be drought. When there is too much, rivers may flood. Depending on the region in Canada, changes to the amount of water flowing in rivers can be linked to changes in weather and climate along with other key drivers. These indicators provide information about water flows in rivers across Canada from 2001 to 2019 and by monitoring station in 2019. Longer-term trends provide an assessment of significant changes in flows, including very-high flows that can result in flooding, from 1970 to 2019"--Page 5.
Download or read book Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canadian Environmental Indicators water written by Joel Wood and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Report on Canada s Progress Towards a National Set of Environmental Indicators written by Canada. Environment Canada. Indicators Task Force and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental indicators, like economic indicators, are important tools for translating quantities of data into succinct information that can be readily understood and used by decision makers and the general public. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has taken the first step in leading an international initiative to develop a series of indicators and Canada is beginning to work on developing a similar series. This report presents a brief overview of efforts now underway to develop consistent, reliable indicators to measure the quality of our environment, the stresses placed on it, and the steps taken to prevent or reduce those stresses.
Download or read book Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The release of some substances to the environment can harm human health, wildlife and biological diversity. Toxic metals released to water can enter the food web and accumulate in the tissues of living organisms. Exposure to these substances, even in small amounts, can be hazardous to both humans and wildlife. Mercury and its compounds, lead, and inorganic cadmium compounds are listed as toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. The Releases of harmful substances to water indicator reports facility-based releases of these substances to water"--Page 5.
Download or read book Canadian Environmental Indicators water written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2011 data for Canada is below the historical average; the supply of renewable freshwater in Canada averaged 3,472.3 km3 per year between 1971 and 2004, which is roughly equivalent to the water contained in Lake Huron (Dewar and Soulard, 2010). [...] Environment Canada (2012) uses the Water Quality Index3 pro- posed by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) to attempt an evaluation of water quality at monitoring stations across the country. [...] Although the time series available from monitoring stations across the country is short, water quality in Canada generally has not changed for the better or the worse in the past decade, and compares favourably to that in other countries. [...] McDonald and Strosher (1998) find high levels of selenium downstream from coal mines in the Elk fraserinstitute.org Index Number of basins with samples Percentage not exceeding guidlelines 20 / Canadian Environmental Indicators-Water River Basin; the levels of selenium identified were much higher than those found upstream and exceeded the guidelines of the Council of Canadian Ministers of the Envi [...] However, there is a need for additional and more frequent monitoring in the waters surrounding Metro Vancouver, the largest population centre, like that provided by the buoy installed in the Fraser estuary in 2003 by the BC government in partnership with the federal government to collect in-stream monitoring data.
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Download or read book Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Drinking water advisories are public health protection messages about real or potential health risks related to drinking water. These advisories are generally precautionary, meaning they are typically issued before drinking water quality problems occur. The advisories can take 3 forms: Do not consume, Do not use and Boil water. Boil water advisories are by far the most common, representing about 98% of the drinking water advisory data each year. Therefore, this analysis looks only at this type of advisory. There are 2 indicators for boil water advisories: the first provides a general overview of why boil water advisories are issued in Canada. The second shows the relationship between community size and the frequency of boil water advisories"--Page 5.
Download or read book Canada s Water Use in a Global Context written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While much of the water that is withdrawn is circulated back into the water body from which it was taken, water use impacts both the amount and quality of freshwater resources. [...] Page 4 of 9 Part 2. Data Sources and Methods for the Canada's Water Use in a Global Context Introduction The Canada's Water Use in a Global Context indicator is part of the Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program, which provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. [...] Description and rationale of the Canada's Water Use in a Global Context indicator Description The Canada's Water Use in a Global Context indicator reports on the amount of water removed from the environment per person per year (cubic metres [m3]/capita/year) for use in agriculture, manufacturing and in homes, and as a percentage of each country's total renewable water supply for nine countries, in [...] Water abstraction and population data are for 2012 for France and the United Kingdom; for 2011 for Canada and Australia; for 2010 for the United States, Germany, and Sweden; for 2009 for Japan; and from 2008 for Italy. [...] The percentage of the water supply for human use was calculated by dividing the water abstraction per capita by the total renewable water data.
Download or read book Drinking Water Advisories in Canada written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When unusual or elevated levels of these water quality parameters are measured in the drinking water system, the cause is investigated and the findings may contribute to the decision to issue a boil water advisory. [...] Description and rationale of the Drinking Water Advisories in Canada indicator Description The Drinking Water Advisories in Canada indicator provides a long-term view of the main reasons why boil water advisories are issued, namely: due to the detection of Escherichia coli (E. [...] Page 8 of 16 allows for analysis of accumulated drinking water advisory data to reveal key trends such as water quality or operational reasons for the advisories and the characteristics of the drinking water systems or communities affected. [...] The Drinking Water Advisories in Canada indicator is calculated using the most recent data available at the time of the production of the indicator. [...] Methods The Drinking Water Advisories in Canada indicator focuses on boil water advisories as they are the most common type of drinking water advisory and represent the vast majority of the data.
Download or read book Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Drinking water advisories are public health protection notifications about real or potential health risks related to drinking water. This indicator shows progress towards lifting the 78 long-term drinking water advisories affecting First Nations communities as of April 2016 that were included in the Government of Canada's initial commitment"--p. 5.
Download or read book Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Drinking water advisories are public health protection messages about real or potential health risks related to drinking water. These indicators provide a long-term view of why boil water advisories are issued. They also show the relationship between community size and the frequency of boil water advisories."--Document.
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Download or read book Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Households use chemical pesticides and fertilizers to improve the look of their lawns and gardens. These chemicals can pollute lakes and rivers that may be drinking water sources for some communities. Chemical pesticides are also toxic to many forms of life and can threaten beneficial species, such as honeybees"--Household use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers indicator, p. 5.
