Today i wanted to touch a bit about CANADA and its resources - why? it is all linked to the economy and real estate: Marco Pontillo : Marketing Properties!
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It is a well-known fact that Canada is a country rich in natural resources.
If asked, most people would answer that Canada's top natural resource is oil, natural gas, coal, copper, gold, wood, grain, potash or any of the other resources Canada has in abundance. But, they would be missing the point.
Canada's most valuable natural resource by far is freshwater.
The world's supply of freshwater is limited and finite. Only 3% of the world's water is fresh and less than one-third of that is available for human use as the other two-thirds are frozen in glaciers and the polar ice caps.
Fresh clean and safe water is something that we in Canada have in apparent abundance, but that is not true in other parts of the world.
According to a report released by Statistics Canada on September 13, 2010:
Renewable water resources have declined in Southern Canada over the past three decades. From 1971 to 2004, water yield in Southern Canada, the area in which 98% of the population lives, fell by an average of 3.5 cubic kilometres a year.
This annual loss is equivalent to the water contained in 1.4 million Olympic-size swimming pools, and almost as much water as was supplied to Canada's entire residential population in 2005. This represents an overall loss of 8.5% of the water yield in Southern Canada over the 34-year period.
Marco Pontillo : Marketing PRoperties
As a realtor iam always looking out for things that effect our economy and cummunities !
Water is one of them : therefore this summer lets consume water and be careful so we do not waste it !
Thanks for reading: If you have any questions call me direct: Marco Pontillo : Marketing Properties
Sutton WestCoast Realty
North Vancouver
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