{"id":14188,"date":"2019-08-30T08:22:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T12:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montreal-west.ca\/?page_id=14188"},"modified":"2024-09-05T11:13:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T15:13:45","slug":"water-consumption","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/resident-services\/environment\/water-consumption\/","title":{"rendered":"Reducing your water consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14188\" class=\"elementor elementor-14188\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4360e092 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4360e092\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9c67b2b\" data-id=\"9c67b2b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd4dd27 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd4dd27\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-930e570\" data-id=\"930e570\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5effa8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5effa8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Quebecers are among the largest consumers of drinking water in the world. Although water is abundant in Quebec, it is important to understand that it is not an everlasting resource. The provincial government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-contenu.quebec.ca\/cdn-contenu\/adm\/min\/affaires-municipales\/publications\/infrastructures\/strategie_quebecoise_eau_potable\/strategie_eau_potable.pdf\">2019-2025 Drinking Water Conservation Strategy<\/a> (in French only) sets new objectives for the whole province.<\/p><p>By 2025, this strategy aims to achieve the following three objectives:<\/p><ul><li>a 20% reduction in the amount of water distributed per person in comparison to 2015;<\/li><li>a moderate level of leakage according to the performance indicator set by the International Water Association;<\/li><li>a gradual increase in the investments needed for maintaining assets in a sustainable way; while gradually eliminating the lack of maintenance.<\/li><\/ul><p>The Town of Montreal West, along with all municipalities in Quebec, must continue its efforts towards achieving these goals. Residents are also called upon to reduce their personal consumption of drinking water.<\/p><h2>Tips to save water<\/h2><p>We invite all our residents to integrate simple actions into their daily lives and develop better habits.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-05b8ce2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"05b8ce2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5bd62b2\" data-id=\"5bd62b2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70e87aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70e87aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Inside the house<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Take a 5-minute shower instead of a bath;<\/li>\n<li>Install a low-flow shower head;<\/li>\n<li>Turn off the tap while you wash your face, brush your teeth or shave;<\/li>\n<li>Choose a water-saving toilet;<\/li>\n<li>Avoid flushing the toilet unnecessarily;<\/li>\n<li>Repair leaking faucets;<\/li>\n<li>Do the laundry when the washing machine is full;<\/li>\n<li>Fill a pitcher with water and put it in the refrigerator instead of running your tap water;<\/li>\n<li>Clean food with a brush instead of letting your tap water run.<\/li>\n<li>Wash your dishes in a sink filled with soapy water or fill your dishwasher to maximum capacity before turning it on;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e3c231\" data-id=\"4e3c231\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-271640d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"271640d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/drink-drinking-female-1458671.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14836\" alt=\"\" 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Town.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quebecers are among the largest consumers of drinking water in the world. Although water is abundant in Quebec, it is important to understand that it is not an everlasting resource. 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