{"id":18872,"date":"2024-11-11T13:37:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T18:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cieau.org\/articles\/the-drinking-water-dilemma-when-abundance-hides-crisis\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T10:46:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:46:20","slug":"the-drinking-water-dilemma-when-abundance-hides-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cieau.org\/en\/articles\/the-drinking-water-dilemma-when-abundance-hides-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"The drinking water dilemma: When abundance hides crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18872\" class=\"elementor elementor-18872 elementor-17762\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04b4563 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"04b4563\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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https:\/\/www.cieau.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Images_Blogue_1-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d05f516 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d05f516\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43cde89 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"43cde89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The drinking water dilemma<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91c0cb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"91c0cb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">When abundance hides crisis<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4825b8c elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4825b8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cieau.org\/campagne-joyeau\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Discover our JOY'eau campaign<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89b3006 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"89b3006\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0fe359 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b0fe359\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec65195 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ec65195\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The truth about drinking water<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a815702 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a815702\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It&#8217;s a well-known fact that not all water is fit to drink. South Africa, for example, has been experiencing a historic drinking water crisis affecting millions of its inhabitants since 2020, despite its enviable position at the junction of two oceans. They have access to water, so why this crisis? The country&#8217;s situation cannot be reduced to a single problem. In addition to the operating system, inadequate infrastructure and drought, South Africa, despite its geographical position, has limited access to &#8220;potable&#8221; water.    <\/p>\n<p>In fact, there are two types of naturally occurring water on Earth: freshwater and saltwater (seawater). Freshwater is defined as having a salinity of less than 1 g\/L. Most freshwater is found on land. It is estimated that only 2.5% of the earth&#8217;s water is fresh and therefore fit for human consumption.   <\/p>\n<p>Reference: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alloprof.qc.ca\/zonedentraide\/discussion\/97204\/question\/p1\">All\u00f4 Prof<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2253fb7 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2253fb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why can't humans drink salt water?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ababda2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ababda2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For land mammals like us, consuming salt water leads to dehydration, making it unfit for consumption.  <\/p>\n<p>Reference:<a href=\"https:\/\/figaronautisme.meteoconsult.fr\/actus-nautisme-escales\/2021-09-30\/60948-pourquoi-ne-peut-on-pas-boire-l-eau-de-mer\"> Le Figaro Nautisme<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-695944a animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"695944a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Quebec and Canada have the advantage over the rest of the world when it comes to freshwater availability.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-530d37d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"530d37d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Quebec alone has 3% of the planet&#8217;s renewable freshwater reserves, for a population of just 0.11% of the world&#8217;s total. Canada, on the other hand, has 7% of the world&#8217;s renewable freshwater reserves, for a population representing just 0.48% of the global total. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> <\/span>The two graphs below illustrate the relationship between freshwater availability and population:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de23b2d e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"de23b2d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b229398 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b229398\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-423e283 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"423e283\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cieau.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tableau_1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17764\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cieau.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tableau_1.jpg 593w, https:\/\/www.cieau.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tableau_1-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab4705f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab4705f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">References &#8211; Water availability:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/fr\/environnement-changement-climatique\/services\/eau-apercu\/publications\/eau-au-canada.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">% of Canada&#8217;s renewable freshwater supply<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.environnement.gouv.qc.ca\/eau\/inter.htm\">% of Quebec&#8217;s renewable freshwater supply<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d84c805 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d84c805\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd90c6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dd90c6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cieau.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tableau_2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17766\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cieau.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tableau_2.jpg 593w, https:\/\/www.cieau.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tableau_2-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28e6a45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28e6a45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">References &#8211; Availability of renewable fresh water (Continued) :<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/world-population\/canada-population\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Current world population<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/world-population\/canada-population\/#:~:text=The%20current%20population%20of%20Canada,latest%20United%20Nations%20data%201\">Population of Canada<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lapresse.ca\/actualites\/2024-01-25\/demographie\/le-quebec-franchit-la-barre-des-9-millions-d-habitants.php\">Quebec population<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cf2231 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3cf2231\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>On the strength of this abundant resource, which we never think we&#8217;ll run out of, Quebecers find themselves in the unenviable position of being one of the world&#8217;s biggest consumers of drinking water, and the<sup>2nd<\/sup> largest in the West, behind the United States.<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e42eaeb e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e42eaeb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e28ad57 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e28ad57\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21e8544 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"21e8544\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cieau.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tableau_3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17768\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cieau.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tableau_3.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.cieau.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tableau_3-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c13f32f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c13f32f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c75300 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c75300\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">References &#8211; Water consumption:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissecoline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/FR-SET_Consommation-deau-par-pays_2023-03.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">United Nations World Water Report 2022<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www150.statcan.gc.ca\/n1\/daily-quotidien\/231114\/cg-d002-fra.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Statistics Canada<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><i>Note:<\/i><\/span><i> The consumption values referred to in the table above represent the average daily residential use only per capita of the population actually served.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0581372 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0581372\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The dilemma of freshwater abundance and the real need to protect this essential resource:<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8571a99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8571a99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It&#8217;s easy for Quebecers and Canadians to assume that they have an almost inexhaustible supply of healthy freshwater. After all, we&#8217;ve often been told that Canada possesses some 20% of the world&#8217;s freshwater resources. However, less than half of this water &#8211; 3% for Quebec and around 7% for Canada &#8211; is &#8220;renewable&#8221;. Most of this is fossil water found in lakes, aquifers and glaciers.   <\/p>\n<p>So, Canada (including Quebec) still seems to be well supplied with water. However, more than half of the country&#8217;s freshwater drains northwards into the Arctic Ocean and Hudson Bay. As a result, this water is inaccessible to 85% of Canada&#8217;s population, who live in the southern part of the country, close to the Canada-US border. The remaining reserves, though still abundant, are heavily used and often overexploited.   <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/fr\/environnement-changement-climatique\/services\/eau-apercu\/foire-questions.html\">Government of Canada &#8211; Water: Frequently Asked Questions-How much fresh water does Canada have?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Poor management of this resource and its over-consumption are becoming problematic, and it is urgent to find solutions to the issues threatening our drinking water.<\/p>\n<p>C.I.EAU&#8217;s mission is to promote the protection and responsible use of water. This primary mission includes two secondary missions: to explain the technical aspects related to the production and distribution of drinking water, to the responsible use of this precious resource, and to the ecological disposal of wastewater in urban areas.   <\/p>\n<p><strong>Help us educate present and future generations by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cieau.org\/campagne-joyeau-don\/\">giving generously<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite its enviable position in the world thanks to our abundant resources, Canada in general and Quebec in particular are among the world&#8217;s biggest consumers of water.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":17771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-joyeau-campaign"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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