Table 6-1Water discharge in manufacturing industries, by discharge point, 2005 — Industry group

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Industry group
  Public and municipal utilities Surface water bodies Ground water Other Total discharge Percentage of total discharge
  millions of cubic metres  %
Food 465.0 E 120.6 E x x 1,094.1 E 16.3
Beverage and tobacco 46.4 B x x x 79.4 D 1.2
Textile mills x x x x 16.6 D 0.2
Textile products x 0.0 x x x x
Wood x x 2.0 E x 92.7 E 1.4
Paper 120.2 D 2,312.6 A x x 2,464.0 A 36.6
Petroleum and coal x 248.6 D 0.0 x 322.5 C 4.8
Chemicals x 320.7 C x 11.0 D 382.6 C 5.7
Plastics and rubber x 8.5 E x x x x
Non-metallic minerals x 22.3 D 6.7 D x x x
Primary metals x 1,285.2 D x x 1,367.9 D 20.3
Fabricated metals x x x x x x
Machinery x x x x x x
Transportation equipment x 6.6 D x x 46.9 E 0.7
Miscellaneous x 0.0 0.0 x x x
Others 1 x x x x x x
Total 1,358.8 E 4,556.9 B x x 6,727.8 B 100.0
  percent
Percentage of total discharge 20.2 67.7 x x 100.0 …
1.
Others - amalgamation of the following industry groups (3-digit NAICS): Clothing, Leather, Printing, Computers and electronic products, Electrical equipment, appliances and components and Furniture.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Industrial Water Survey, 2005.