Canadian Water Flow Account Regional Seminar Overview in the Caribbean
This presentation covers various aspects of the Canadian Water Flow Account discussed during a regional seminar in the Caribbean. It includes insights on physical flow accounts, water supply and use in the System of Environmental-Economic Accounts (SEEA), water accounts in Canada, impacts on international trade, data sources, challenges faced, and more.
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Overview of the Canadian Water Flow Account Regional Seminar on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounts (SEEA) Central Framework in the Caribbean February 6-7, 2014 Castries, Saint Lucia Joe St. Lawrence Statistics Canada
Water Use Accounts in Canada: Basic table 6
Water Accounts Uses Impact analysis for International Trade Impact analysis for International Trade Environmental Sustainability Indicators Environmental Sustainability Indicators CGE modelling CGE modelling Analysis of water use Analysis of water use Etc Etc 7
Overview of Main Data Sources Industrial Water Use Survey Industrial Water Use Survey Mining, Manufacturing, and Thermal Power. Oil and gas extraction estimate provided by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. Agricultural Water Use Survey Agricultural Water Use Survey Irrigation for all provinces outside Alberta. Alberta estimate from Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development. Survey of Drinking Water Treatment Plants Survey of Drinking Water Treatment Plants Control Total for municipal supply. Estimate for losses and commercial, industrial and residential split. Input Input- -output Tables output Tables Water supplied through mains expenditure based allocation for users not surveyed above (proposed) 8
Challenges Periodicity of source surveys Periodicity of source surveys Lack of Lack of detailed data detailed data for industries, particularly in the for industries, particularly in the commercial and institutional sector commercial and institutional sector Difficulty of collecting household use data directly Difficulty of collecting household use data directly 9
Questions? Questions? Joe St. Lawrence Joe St. Lawrence Environment Accounts and Statistics | Environment Accounts and Statistics | Comptes R.H. Coats Building | R.H. Coats Building | Immeuble Immeuble R. Statistics Canada | 100 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 Statistics Canada | 100 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 Statistique Statistique Canada | 100, promenade Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 Canada | 100, promenade Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 Joe.St.Lawrence@statcan.gc.ca Joe.St.Lawrence@statcan.gc.ca Telephone | Telephone | T l phone T l phone 613 613- -951 951- -7709 7709 Facsimile | Facsimile | T l copieur T l copieur 613 613- -951 951- -0634 0634 Government of Canada | Government of Canada | Gouvernement Gouvernement du Canada Comptes et H.- -Coats / Floor | Coats / Floor | tage et statistique statistique de tage 25 M de l'environnement l'environnement R.- -H. 25 M du Canada 2025-03-02 10