Table 14
Operation and maintenance costs of drinking water plants per treated groundwater volume, by province and territory

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Operation and maintenance costs of drinking water plants per treated groundwater volume, by province and territory: Part 1
  2005
Materials Labour Energy Other Total
  dollars per thousand cubic metres
Canada 1 68.1 A 118.7 B 59.9 A 47.0 B 293.7 A
Newfoundland and Labrador 23.8 A 30.3 E F 2.3 E 134.2 D
Prince Edward Island 8.4 A 23.4 A 17.9 A 1.6 A 51.4 A
Nova Scotia 103.4 D 111.5 E 78.9 D F 331.8 E
New Brunswick 36.9 D 65.9 B 41.3 C 18.6 E 162.7 C
Quebec 47.5 B 66.0 A 57.0 A 40.8 C 211.3 A
Ontario 93.7 A 131.6 A 53.5 A 66.8 B 345.6 A
Manitoba 166.3 C 262.5 B 89.1 B F 611.4 C
Saskatchewan 214.0 B 620.8 E 148.2 B 92.3 C 1,075.3 D
Alberta 111.2 B 259.6 B 115.5 B 26.7 D 513.1 B
British Columbia 27.1 C 69.1 B 50.7 A 30.9 C 177.9 B
Yukon and Northwest Territories 31.5 A 61.5 A 74.2 A 3.9 A 171.2 A
Operation and maintenance costs of drinking water plants per treated groundwater volume, by province and territory: Part 2
  2006
Materials Labour Energy Other Total
  dollars per thousand cubic metres
Canada 1 73.2 A 112.4 A 64.6 A 48.5 A 298.7 A
Newfoundland and Labrador 26.6 B 35.0 E 83.9 E F 149.6 D
Prince Edward Island 14.1 A 30.6 A 18.8 A 1.6 A 65.1 A
Nova Scotia 107.3 D 112.1 E 82.7 C F 332.3 D
New Brunswick 42.4 C 72.7 B 42.9 C 21.2 E 179.3 C
Quebec 55.8 B 65.7 A 60.2 A 42.5 C 224.3 A
Ontario 99.9 A 138.6 A 63.1 A 67.4 B 368.9 A
Manitoba 171.3 C 230.3 B 82.3 B 92.4 E 576.3 C
Saskatchewan 219.3 B 350.4 B 149.3 B 121.3 B 840.4 B
Alberta 96.7 C 282.0 B 115.7 B 42.9 D 537.3 B
British Columbia 29.5 C 66.4 B 52.9 A 27.5 C 176.2 B
Yukon and Northwest Territories 35.2 A 62.6 A 72.0 A 3.6 A 173.4 A
Operation and maintenance costs of drinking water plants per treated groundwater volume, by province and territory: Part 3
  2007
Materials Labour Energy Other Total
  dollars per thousand cubic metres
Canada 1 75.2 A 113.7 A 64.7 A 56.9 B 310.5 A
Newfoundland and Labrador 21.1 D 27.8 E 87.4 E F 139.3 C
Prince Edward Island 14.2 A 31.6 A 20.1 A 1.7 A 67.5 A
Nova Scotia 108.5 D 93.1 E 81.9 D F 321.0 D
New Brunswick 43.5 C 78.3 B 45.6 C 20.5 E 188.0 C
Quebec 53.1 B 65.9 A 61.4 A 41.2 C 221.6 A
Ontario 101.3 A 131.4 A 61.6 A 93.8 B 388.0 A
Manitoba 181.3 C 274.5 B 93.4 C 94.3 E 643.5 C
Saskatchewan 259.6 C 390.5 B 160.1 B 117.1 C 927.3 B
Alberta 105.1 B 290.6 B 116.6 A 38.9 D 551.3 B
British Columbia 31.0 D 72.7 B 50.9 A 28.9 C 183.5 B
Yukon and Northwest Territories 33.5 A 62.9 A 68.5 A 7.9 A 172.8 A
1.
Excludes Nunavut due to low response.
Note(s):
Data do not include costs associated with the distribution of treated water (see page 7 of the questionnaire). Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, 2009, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, Survey of Drinking Water Plants (survey number 5149).