Ground-water levels in Canada

[-TSS-]

I have just learned about the news that the UK has had drought of a century and its ground-water levels are at the lowest to be seen in a long time. The image of the UK as a rainy country wouldn't really support such a view but that indeed is a rwality in that country that they may even start rationing water.

A very frightening thought as we in Finland are awashed with water but members of the EU, when are we gonna be demanded to hand our water to help those overpopulated countries.

What is the situation in Canada? In your country also about 10% of your area is water and speaking of the area of your country, 10% being water is a lot of water indeed.

However, on very hot, dry summers do you ever hear any suggestions about that washing your car using fresh water is perhaps not a very good idea?

[dre]

I have just learned about the news that the UK has had drought of a century and its ground-water levels are at the lowest to be seen in a long time. The image of the UK as a rainy country wouldn't really support such a view but that indeed is a rwality in that country that they may even start rationing water.

A very frightening thought as we in Finland are awashed with water but members of the EU, when are we gonna be demanded to hand our water to help those overpopulated countries.

What is the situation in Canada? In your country also about 10% of your area is water and speaking of the area of your country, 10% being water is a lot of water indeed.

However, on very hot, dry summers do you ever hear any suggestions about that washing your car using fresh water is perhaps not a very good idea?

I think we will lose our water to international control pretty soon... it will be nestled into some kind of trade agreement.

And yes I get various water conservation advisories here, and in the summer theres sometimes short lawn watering bans, and even the rare "boiled water advisory". These things are all based on local infrustructure and capacity though I think.

[Boges]

I have just learned about the news that the UK has had drought of a century and its ground-water levels are at the lowest to be seen in a long time. The image of the UK as a rainy country wouldn't really support such a view but that indeed is a rwality in that country that they may even start rationing water.

A very frightening thought as we in Finland are awashed with water but members of the EU, when are we gonna be demanded to hand our water to help those overpopulated countries.

What is the situation in Canada? In your country also about 10% of your area is water and speaking of the area of your country, 10% being water is a lot of water indeed.

However, on very hot, dry summers do you ever hear any suggestions about that washing your car using fresh water is perhaps not a very good idea?

Canada's most populated area is within a stone's throw from a great lake. Canada will be the last country in the world that'll ever have to worry about fresh water I'd reckon.

Last summer was rather dry and I never heard anything about mass water conservation efforts like banning watering your lawn on odd or even days.

This April has been pretty dry however. Not really an April flowers will leader to May flowers situation.

[nittanylionstorm07]

I have just learned about the news that the UK has had drought of a century and its ground-water levels are at the lowest to be seen in a long time. The image of the UK as a rainy country wouldn't really support such a view but that indeed is a rwality in that country that they may even start rationing water.

A very frightening thought as we in Finland are awashed with water but members of the EU, when are we gonna be demanded to hand our water to help those overpopulated countries.

What is the situation in Canada? In your country also about 10% of your area is water and speaking of the area of your country, 10% being water is a lot of water indeed.

However, on very hot, dry summers do you ever hear any suggestions about that washing your car using fresh water is perhaps not a very good idea?

Umm... please, pray tell, give a source for what you've "heard"

I think we will lose our water to international control pretty soon... it will be nestled into some kind of trade agreement.

And yes I get various water conservation advisories here, and in the summer theres sometimes short lawn watering bans, and even the rare "boiled water advisory". These things are all based on local infrustructure and capacity though I think.

Lol, seriously? No. Not only no, but consider how much freshwater is contained up north in glaciers, lakes, rivers, etc.

Canada will have to worry about water when the earth warms so much that the US becomes a giant desert and everyone has to live further north to survive.

[-TSS-]

Umm... please, pray tell, give a source for what you've "heard"

I was referring to the UK. They really have a shortage of water. They do have a reputation that they don't bathe too much. Hence the Australian metaphor "Dry as a Pom's towel" the Pom referring to an Englishman.

Edited April 20, 2012 by -TSS-

[Boges]

I was referring to the UK. They really have a shortage of water. They do have a reputation that they don't bathe too much. Hence the Australian metaphor "Dry as a Pom's towel" the Pom referring to an Englishman.

Put tens of millions of people on a tiny island and you'll get that.

Great Britain is Earth's version of Coruscant. (Sup Star Wars Nerds!)

[Topaz]

I was told by someone that they read that there are states around the Great Lakes that are siphoning off water out of the lakes, on the US side. Anyone hear that? I don't think that legal under the agreement the US/ Canada has.

[bush_cheney2004]

I was told by someone that they read that there are states around the Great Lakes that are siphoning off water out of the lakes, on the US side. Anyone hear that? I don't think that legal under the agreement the US/ Canada has.

I heard that someone said they heard that a little bird told someone about another guy who was stealing the water out of the lakes and selling it back to Canada.

[waldo]

What is the situation in Canada?

Harper Conservatives reneged on another promise made... in recent weeks, Harper Conservatives voted down Bill C-267, "Canada Water Preservation Act"... an act that would prohibit the removal of water in bulk from major drainage basins in Canada --- defeated by the Harper Conservatives in a vote of 156 to 125, with the Liberals, NDP and Green Party all voting in support of the bill.

broken Harper Conservative promise: From the 2008 Speech from the Throne:

“To ensure protection of our vital resources, our Government will bring in legislation to ban all bulk water transfers or exports from Canadian freshwater basins.”

[-TSS-]

A couple of links to the op:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2103809/UK-drought-2012-Water-companies-say-mustnt-spend-FOUR-minutes-shower.html

http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16197655

[Moonbox]

Canada's most populated area is within a stone's throw from a great lake. Canada will be the last country in the world that'll ever have to worry about fresh water I'd reckon.

Last summer was rather dry and I never heard anything about mass water conservation efforts like banning watering your lawn on odd or even days.

Large parts of southern Ontario have had lawn watering bans pretty much every summer for the last 10 years. Canadian and US cities aren't allowed to just suck the Great Lakes dry. My city, for example, relies on underground aquifiers for water. Much of the surrounding area relies on the Grand River. They're not inexaustible.

We have lots of fresh water in Canada yes, but we shouldn't be stupidly throwing it away.

[waldo]

What is the situation in Canada?

Harper Conservatives reneged on another promise made... in recent weeks, Harper Conservatives voted down Bill C-267, "Canada Water Preservation Act"... an act that would prohibit the removal of water in bulk from major drainage basins in Canada --- defeated by the Harper Conservatives in a vote of 156 to 125, with the Liberals, NDP and Green Party all voting in support of the bill.

broken Harper Conservative promise: From the 2008 Speech from the Throne:

“To ensure protection of our vital resources, our Government will bring in legislation to ban all bulk water transfers or exports from Canadian freshwater basins.”

MLW boosters... oh MLW boosters... where are you?

[Boges]

Large parts of southern Ontario have had lawn watering bans pretty much every summer for the last 10 years. Canadian and US cities aren't allowed to just suck the Great Lakes dry. My city, for example, relies on underground aquifiers for water. Much of the surrounding area relies on the Grand River. They're not inexaustible.

We have lots of fresh water in Canada yes, but we shouldn't be stupidly throwing it away.

Agreed but the OP question was if Canada has a water shortage problem. It would appear we don't.

Lack of rain isn't a good thing and people should conserve water in those times. But to think that Canadians are running out of water is hilarious.

[Moonbox]

Agreed but the OP question was if Canada has a water shortage problem. It would appear we don't.

Lack of rain isn't a good thing and people should conserve water in those times. But to think that Canadians are running out of water is hilarious.

We don't have a shortage of water like, say, Palm Springs does, but water supplies in all sorts of municipalities have needed to be rationed. It's not like everyone is just hooked up to the Great Lakes or the Muskokas and we are running our showers from those.

[-TSS-]

People who take abundant water-supplies for granted often don't realize what a political tool the control of water can be. In the case of the UK their problem is that their country is so overcrowded. Some people react to that by saying that there should be no more immigration to burden the infrastructure which is teetering at the brink as it is but that is evading the fact that the British have overpopulated their island all by themselves in the first place.

[Tilter]

I heard that someone said they heard that a little bird told someone about another guy who was stealing the water out of the lakes and selling it back to Canada.

Where do you think the water supply for Toronto, Montreal , Hamilton, SSM, & 50 other towns sitting on the side of the great lakes originates?