Canada’s water governance and management systems threaten the country’s water supply

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par Tricia Stadnyk, Professor & Canada Research Chair in Hydrological Modelling, University of Calgary

Canadians are among some of the most water-rich people globally, with access to about 20 per cent of the world’s freshwater supply and seven per cent of the world’s renewable freshwater supply.

As a result, Canadians are among the most water-greedy nations in the world, with per-capita water use in the average Canadian household coming in at more than 220 litres…