Ensuring high quality drinking water for current and future generations of Vancouverites is a critical responsibility of the municipal government. Fundamental to this is providing opportunities for access to drinking water for the maintenance of public health and developing comprehensive conservation programs to secure the source waters for future need. Expanding the water supply is costly in financial and ecological terms; avoiding source expansion through conservation is the best way to live within our means.
Currently Vancouver’s drinking water consistently meets the provincial water quality standards and Health Canada’s guidelines. However, at an average daily residential consumption per capita of 320 litres (2006 figure), Vancouver is barely under the Canadian average of 329 litres.
