Table 19
Operation and maintenance costs of drinking water plants per treated water volume, by treatment category

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Operation and maintenance costs of drinking water plants per treated water volume, by treatment category: Part 1
  2005
Materials Labour Energy Other Total
  dollars per thousand cubic metres
Treatment category 1  
Canada 2 32.2 A 49.6 A 32.5 A 15.3 A 129.6 A
Conventional treatment 39.8 A 53.8 A 36.1 A 15.3 B 145.0 A
Direct filtration 29.0 B 48.2 A 35.7 A 14.6 B 127.4 A
Granular media filtration 10.8 B 38.3 D 28.4 A 4.6 B 82.2 B
Cartridge or bag filter 121.7 E F F F F
Slow sand filtration 25.5 C 34.1 D 21.4 B 4.4 E 85.5 C
Granular media and slow sand filtration 108.9 D 137.1 C 82.1 D 36.0 E 364.1 D
Granular media filtration and cartridge or bag x x x x x
Membrane filtration 57.4 D 79.5 C 50.0 C 31.8 D 218.8 C
Membrane filtration and granular media 12.4 D 17.1 C 37.5 A 31.0 C 98.0 B
Membrane filtration with cartridge or bag or slow sand 35.7 D 56.9 C 30.9 D 11.0 C 134.4 C
Disinfection only 23.8 B 50.7 B 25.1 A 10.3 B 109.9 A
Disinfection and other (unfiltered systems) 33.6 A 43.8 A 20.0 A 21.1 B 118.5 A
No treatment 28.8 A 56.9 A 57.7 A 44.8 B 188.2 A
No disinfection with other treatment 39.1 B 53.6 C 58.8 B 21.7 D 173.1 B
Operation and maintenance costs of drinking water plants per treated water volume, by treatment category: Part 2
  2006
Materials Labour Energy Other Total
  dollars per thousand cubic metres
Treatment category 1  
Canada 2 33.6 A 51.6 A 34.3 A 16.7 A 136.2 A
Conventional treatment 40.8 A 57.7 A 37.7 A 16.5 B 152.7 A
Direct filtration 28.3 A 50.2 A 37.2 A 18.8 B 134.5 A
Granular media filtration 11.3 B 32.0 A 29.4 A 5.5 B 78.2 A
Cartridge or bag filter 119.4 E F F F F
Slow sand filtration 28.1 B 39.0 D 22.8 B 6.2 E 96.0 C
Granular media and slow sand filtration 178.6 E 151.7 D 95.6 D 28.6 D 454.5 D
Granular media filtration and cartridge or bag x x x x x
Membrane filtration 74.6 B 93.2 A 59.1 A 43.7 C 270.7 B
Membrane filtration and granular media 14.2 D 21.0 C 38.6 A 28.7 C 102.6 B
Membrane filtration with cartridge or bag or slow sand 36.4 C 63.8 B 31.2 D 11.0 B 142.4 C
Disinfection only 22.7 B 52.5 B 26.4 A 12.2 B 113.8 A
Disinfection and other (unfiltered systems) 37.3 A 45.6 A 22.7 A 22.0 B 127.6 A
No treatment 29.5 B 52.2 A 56.0 A 34.8 B 172.6 A
No disinfection with other treatment 48.3 B 59.0 C 62.7 B 21.8 D 191.8 B
Operation and maintenance costs of drinking water plants per treated water volume, by treatment category: Part 3
  2007
Materials Labour Energy Other Total
  dollars per thousand cubic metres
Treatment category 1  
Canada 2 35.2 A 53.7 A 35.5 A 19.3 A 143.7 A
Conventional treatment 43.2 A 60.4 A 38.8 A 18.9 B 161.3 A
Direct filtration 28.8 A 52.6 A 38.3 A 18.9 B 138.6 A
Granular media filtration 11.5 B 32.7 A 29.0 A 5.9 B 79.2 A
Cartridge or bag filter 158.5 E F F F 537.5 E
Slow sand filtration 27.2 B 36.6 D 25.6 B 12.6 E 102.1 D
Granular media and slow sand filtration 146.4 E 169.0 D 103.7 E 30.9 E 450.0 D
Granular media filtration and cartridge or bag x x x x x
Membrane filtration 76.0 B 100.7 A 74.5 A 63.5 C 314.7 B
Membrane filtration and granular media 11.9 D 18.7 C 41.4 A 27.3 C 99.3 B
Membrane filtration with cartridge or bag or slow sand 50.9 D 75.8 B 35.4 D 17.3 B 179.4 C
Disinfection only 27.6 B 62.7 B 31.7 A 12.3 B 134.3 A
Disinfection and other (unfiltered systems) 36.3 B 42.3 A 21.2 A 27.8 B 127.6 A
No treatment 28.2 B 50.7 A 55.0 A 35.8 B 169.7 A
No disinfection with other treatment 47.3 B 62.1 C 64.2 B 23.9 D 197.5 B
1.
Plants were assigned to a category based on the reported treatment processes in section 4 of the questionnaire. Refer to Appendix I for the main processes applied in each treatment category.
2.
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).