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Two Minutes in the Box with the City:
Let’s Reduce our Water Usage
By Francis Racine Servicing Master Plan estimates that you don’t have to keep the faucet
each resident uses about 400 L of running.
eing that Cornwall is nestled water per day! You can also save water by
Bon the St. Lawrence River, it
To put that into perspective, that’s running a full dishwasher (if you
should come as no surprise that most more than 966 medium coffees at can), instead of cleaning your dishes
of us have a close bond with water.
Tim Hortons or more than 33 cases by hand in the sink.
I’d be willing to bet that each one of 24 bottles of water.
Instead of giving your driveway a
of us has enjoyed it at some point The provincial average for water thorough cleaning with your garden
— whether it be through fishing, use is 250L. hose, why not use a broom instead?
boating, swimming, or even just You’ll get about the same result.
admiring. Using so much water has a cost,
both financial and environmental. Sprinklers can also be adjusted so
Yet having such a wonderful water
For one, treating it at the Water that it waters just your grass and not
source right next to us has apparently Treatment Plant requires lots of your house, sidewalk, or even street.
created an issue — we end up using chemicals. The plant treats about 30
lots of water. It’s as though some of million litres of water a day. Watering your yard is a great way
us believe that our water supply is to get outside in the fresh air. Just
endless. Once that water has been used, it don’t water in the middle of the day
ends up at the Wastewater Treatment when temperatures are highest, or
The city’s Water Conservation and Photo Submitted
Plant, where it’s processed. It then is the sun will evaporate water before
transferred to four clarifiers where it it reaches your plants.
is disinfected using chlorine. Remember — although the earth is
The treated water is then discharged 75% made up of water, only 2-3% is
into the St. Lawrence River. freshwater, and only 1% is available
as drinking water.
So how can a resident help with
reducing your water use? Well for To learn more about how you
one, turn off your tap when you’re can reduce the amount of water
not using it. Whether you’re washing you use, visit cornwall.ca/water-
your hands or brushing your teeth, conservation/
Match Your Area Knowledge
Play Thom’s Trivia
1 Q - Who was leading hitter in the Senior Men’s
Softball League on July 10, 1936 with an .526
average?
2 Q - When St. Regis played and won two home
games against the Owen Sound Crescents in Senior
B Lacrosse action on July 9 and 10, 1956—where
did they play the two games?
3 Q - The Cornwall Wildcats beat Miller Hughes Mustangs 10-5
on July 10, 1966. What had they accomplished by winning the
game? Page 45 for Answers
