Table 3-1Water intake in manufacturing industries, by source, 2005 — Industry group

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Industry group
  Freshwater source Saline water source Total of intake
Public supplied municipal Self-supplied Self-supplied
Surface water Ground water Other Ground water Tidewater Other
  millions of cubic metres
Food 663.6 E 96.3 E x x x x x 1,366.8 E
Beverage and tobacco x 30.3 D x x 0.0 0.0 0.0 160.6 E
Textile mills 19.4 D x x 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 19.8 D
Textile products x x x 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 x
Wood x x x 2.1 E 0.0 0.0 0.0 124.2 E
Paper 133.4 D 2,375.8 A 70.1 D x 0.0 x 0.0 2,598.3 A
Petroleum and coal x 265.4 C x 1.0 D x x x 364.8 C
Chemicals x 402.0 B x x 4.7 C x x 532.5 C
Plastics and rubber x x x 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 x
Non-metallic minerals x 23.7 E x x x 0.0 0.0 x
Primary metals 74.6 D 1,514.2 D x 2.2 E 0.0 x 0.0 1,606.2 D
Fabricated metals x x x x 0.0 0.0 0.0 x
Machinery 7.3 E x x 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 x
Transportation equipment x x x x 0.0 0.0 0.0 48.7 E
Miscellaneous x 0.0 x x 0.0 0.0 0.0 x
Others 1 x x x 0.0 x 0.0 0.0 x
Total 1,980.0 D 4,767.0 B x x x 108.8 B 0.8 D 7,778.9 B
  percent
Percentage of total intake 25.5 61.3 x x x 1.4 0.0 100.0
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.