As an island, Montreal is surrounded by water, and to many people that means we are a "water-rich" city.
Are we?
Explore this section to learn about the tap water many of take for granted every day: its source, our consumption, and how we treat our waste water.
You can also take the Water is Life! audio walking tour, available on .
Out of 29 OECD countries, Canada was the second largest consumer of water per capita in the year 2000.
On average, we produce enough wastewater each day to fill the Olympic Stadium, and that water needs to be treated before it is returned to the Saint Lawrence River.