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  2. Water supply and sanitation in Canada - Wikipedia

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    The 1987 Federal Water Policy, which remains valid today, has two main goals with respect to water: To protect and enhance the quality of the water resource and to promote the wise and efficient management and use of water. The Canada Water Act (proclaimed on September 30, 1970) provides the framework for cooperation with provinces and ...

  3. List of dams and reservoirs in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Milne Dam and Reservoir, Milne Park Conservation Area - Markham (Rouge River (Toronto)) McLeod Dam Green Energy Project ( Moira River (Belleville) ) Orangeville Reservoir, Orangeville, Ontario - 332 acres lake is at the headwaters of the Credit River and Nottawasaga River

  4. Elbow River - Wikipedia

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    The Elbow River is the source of 40% of the drinking water for the City of Calgary (City of Calgary 2021), which has a current population of over 1.2 million (City of Calgary Census 2019). Within Calgary, there are nine stormwater outfalls draining urban catchments above the Glenmore Reservoir and 88 stormwater outfalls draining urban ...

  5. Geography of Canada - Wikipedia

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    Canada holds vast reserves of water: its rivers discharge nearly 7% of the world's renewable water supply, [66] Canada has over 2,000,000 lakes—563 greater than 100 square kilometres (39 sq mi)—which is more than any other country and has the third largest amount of glacier water. [67] Canada is also home to about twenty five percent (134.6 ...

  6. Canadian Internal Waters - Wikipedia

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    The baselines are defined as "the low-water line along the coast or on a low-tide elevation that is situated wholly or partly at a distance not exceeding the breadth of the territorial sea of Canada from the mainland or an island," [2] and the territorial sea is defined as extending 12 nautical miles (22 km) from the points of the baselines, or such other points as may be prescribed.

  7. Toronto waterway system - Wikipedia

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    Map of Toronto and its rivers that make up "Toronto ravine system". The Toronto waterway system comprises a series of natural and man-made watercourses in the Canadian city of Toronto . The city is dominated by a large river system spanning most of the city including the Don River , Etobicoke Creek , Highland Creek , Humber River , Mimico Creek ...

  8. Keira Knightley, 39, Learned 3 Different Forms of Martial ...

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    Now, the 39-year-old is crushing it in a new Netflix action series where she's pretty much always on the go. It’s called Black Doves , and it stars Keira as mom-of-two who secretly works as a spy.

  9. Rainwater harvesting in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Currently, 89.5% of the surface water being used as a source is constrained because of licensing restrictions. [2] Because of low volumes of rainfall throughout the year, an increase in rainwater harvesting could cause less water to be available to license holders that are downstream. [2]