Water: No Time to Waste – A consumer's guide to water conservation

Table of Contents

• Why Water
  An introduction describing why water conservation is so important.
  
  
• Water View
  The water cycle, water treatment and use.
  
  
• Water Wise
  The three golden rules of water conservation: reduce, repair and retrofit.
  
  
• In the Kitchen
  Wise water management starts in the kitchen.
  Making water safe to drink
  
  
• In the Bathroom
  Stemming the flow in the largest water waster in the home – the bathroom.
  How waste water is treated
  
  
• In the Utility Room
  Coming clean while keeping green and saving water.
  Down the drain?
  
  
• In the Outdoors
  How to conserve water when summer rolls around.
  Getting greener
  
  
• Water Works
  A potpourri of water information, from the cityscape to the countryside.
  Water myths and facts
  
  
• Water Marks
  How much water the typical family can save. Turning litres into dollars and sense.
  
  
• Water Log
  The bottom line: How do you measure up?
  
  
• Water Resources
  Where to go, now that you've whetted your appetite for more information.
  
  

Print copies of this publication can be ordered using the Publications List. Please note that large quantities may be limited.

If you are interested in printing a large quantity of the booklet for use in your own water efficiency program, enquire about borrowing the printer-ready diskette we offer FREE OF CHARGE.
For more information, contact:

Water Awareness and Conservation
National Water Issues Branch
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON  K1A 0H3
E-mail: H2O@ec.gc.ca

The print version of this publication contains the following
Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data

Main entry under title:

Water : no time to waste : a consumer's guide to water conservation
Second edition
Issued also in French under title: L'eau : pas de temps à perdre

ISBN 0-662-23049-3
Cat. no. En37-93/1995E

1. Water conservation – Canada – Handboods, manuals, etc.
2. Water use – Canada – Handboods, manuals, etc.
3. Water supply – Canada.
4. Water – Canada.
I. Canada. Environment Canada.
II. Title: A Consumer's guide to water conservation.

TD226.W3714 1990   553.7'0971   C90-098676-X

CREDITS
Writer: REIC Ltd.
Design/Cover: REIC Ltd.
Illustration: Vilnis

Published by authority of the Minister of the Environment

©Minister of Public Works and Government Services 1995