From the air we breathe to the ground we walk on, a healthy and sustainable environment is critical to the well-being of our community.

• Residential Waste Diversion
• Air Quality
• Megalitres of Treated Water

Supplementary Local and National Comparison Information

3-1 Residential Waste Diversion (recycling) is an indication of how well we are protecting our environment. 

 

	2005	2006	2007
Waterloo Region	40	43	45
Ontario Median	37	42	4

Source: OMBI 2007, 2007

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3-2 Air Quality is an indicator of the number of days that have high ozone levels. 

      

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Waterloo Region	26	30	17	8	27	11	26

Source: Environment Canada.  Data obtained by special request.

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3-3 Megalitres of Treated Water is an indicator of how well we are preserving our limited water resource.

 

  

	2006	2007
Waterloo Region	12,221	12,124
Ontario Median	16,184	16,572

Source: OMBI 2008

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