Industrial Water Survey: Mineral Extraction Industries, 2015
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General Information
Purpose
This survey is being conducted to provide Canadians with national and regional indicators related to the use of water in industry.
Additional information
This survey collects detailed information on water use in Canada by the manufacturing, mining and electrical power generating industries. The survey asks information on who uses water, how much, where and at what cost. These data will be used in the development of environmental accounts and indicators.
Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.
Authority
This survey is conducted under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S19.
COMPLETION OF THIS QUESTIONNAIRE IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT UNDER THE STATISTICS ACT.
Confidentiality
Your answers are confidential.
Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects which could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Statistics Canada will use the information from this survey for statistical purposes.
Data-sharing agreements
To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes. Statistics Canada will only share data from this survey with those organizations that have demonstrated a requirement to use the data.
Section 11 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with provincial and territorial statistical agencies that meet certain conditions. These agencies must have the legislative authority to collect the same information, on a mandatory basis, and the legislation must provide substantially the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of confidential information as the Statistics Act. Because these agencies have the legal authority to compel businesses to provide the same information, consent is not requested and businesses may not object to the sharing of the data.
For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial and territorial statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, and the Yukon.
The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.
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For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut as well as with Environment Canada.
For agreements with provincial and territorial government organizations, the shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.
Record linkage
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Thank you
Thank you for your participation in this survey.
Unit of measure
Unit of measure
- 01: cubic metres
- 02: other (specify)
Section 1: Monthly and annual total water intake and discharge
Monthly and annual total water intake and discharge (volume per month)
- a): January
- b): February
- c): March
- d): April
- e): May
- f): June
- g): July
- h): August
- i): September
- j): October
- k): November
- l): December
- m): ANNUAL TOTAL
- 01: Intake
- 02: Discharge
Of the annual volume of discharge water, what volume originated as mine water (drainage of ground water) pumped from the mine?
Section 2: Water intake by source and kind
Water intake by source and kind (volume per year)
- a): Public water utility system
- b): Self-supplied surface water system (lake, river, etc.)
- c): Self-supplied groundwater system (well, spring, etc.)
- d): Self supplied tide water (salt water) body (estuary, bay, ocean, etc.)
- e): Other sources (specify)
- f): TOTAL
- 01: Freshwater
- 02: Saline / Brackish
Estimated annual cost of water acquisition: Payment to public utility (for water volume) (dollars)
If reporting payment to a public utility, does this payment include a sewer surcharge?
- 01: Yes
- 02: No
Estimated annual cost of water acquisition: Estimated annual operating and maintenance costs of intake water acquisition (excluding water treatment costs which are covered on the next page). Operating and maintenance costs should only include your material, labour and energy costs incurred to operate and maintain your systems that bring water into your facility (dollars)
Estimated annual cost of water acquisition: Cost of your annual intake licence (estimate if permit not purchased annually) (dollars)
Estimated annual cost of water acquisition: Payment for purchase of water from another operator / industrial supplier (dollars)
Section 3: Intake water - Treatment
Did this establishment treat any intake water ?
- 01: Yes
- 02: No
Indicate the volume of intake water treated within your establishment prior to initial use. Do not include treatment of water for re-use. (volume per year)
Where data are not available, please estimate.
- 01: Screening
- 02: Filtration
- 03: Chlorination - disinfection (includes for process and for biological control)
- 04: Corrosion and slime control
- 05: Alkalinity control
- 06: Hardness (or water softening)
- 07: Coagulation / flocculation
- 08: Other (specify)
Estimated annual operating and maintenance cost of your intake water treatment. Operating and maintenance costs should only include your material, labour and energy costs incurred to operate and maintain systems to treat water brought into your facility. (dollars)
Section 4: Water intake by purpose
Report the amount of water within your establishment by initial use (volume per year)
- 01: Process water - This is water that serves in any level of the mining process. It includes all water which comes in direct contact with products and/or materials. It also includes water which is used in the sanitation of process equipment, water which is consumed in milling and special processes, water which is included in final output or water which has been used for another purpose, and is undergoing its final use as process water
- 02: Cooling, condensing and steam - This is water which does not come in direct contact with the products, materials or by-products of the processing operation. It includes pass-through water used in the operation of cooling or process equipment (including air conditioning) and water introduced into boilers for the production of steam for either process operations or electric power
- 03: Sanitary service / Domestic use - This is water used for toilets, janitorial services, lawn watering, washing of vehicles, etc.
- 04: Other uses (specify)
- 05: Total
- 06: Of the annual volume of intake water for process, what volume of water was consumed or lost (i.e. not returned to original source)?
- 07: Of the annual volume of intake water for cooling, condensing or steam production, what volume of water was consumed or lost (i.e. not returned to original source)?
- 08: What volume of intake water was used as injected water or steam in the secondary recovery of oil or natural gas?
Section 5: Water recirculated or reused by purpose
Did this mine recirculate or reuse water ?
- 01: Yes
- 02: No
Please report the volume of water recirculated or reused by purpose. (volume per year)
Where data are not available, please estimate.
- 01: Process
- 02: Cooling, condensing and steam
- 03: Other uses (specify)
- 04: Total
Does this operation have a tailings pond(s) ?
- 01: Yes
- 02: No
Indicate the volume of water recirculated or re-used from the tailings pond(s). (annual volume)
Does this operation inject water into an oil bearing formation?
- 01: Yes
- 02: No
Indicate the volume of water injected. (annual volume)
Estimated annual operating and maintenance cost of water recirculation. Operating and maintenance costs should only include your material, labour and energy costs incurred to operate and maintain systems to recirculate water in your facility. (dollars)
Section 6: Treatment and discharge of water
Is discharge volume metered or otherwise measured ?
- 01: Yes
- 02: No
Treatment and discharge of water (annual volume)
Where data are not available, please estimate.
- a): Water not treated at this facility before discharge
- b): Primary or mechanical (the physical removal of large solids using grates, screens and settling tanks)
- c): Secondary or biological (the promotion of bacterial growth and other microbes that break down the organic wastes)
- d): Tertiary or advanced (the reduction of concentrations of phosphorus or nitrogen through biological or chemical processes)
- 01: Public utilities
- 02: Surface freshwater bodies
- 03: Tide water (Ocean)
- 04: Ground water
- 05: Tailing Ponds
- 06: Injected to Producing Formations
- 07: Other
Estimated annual operating and maintenance cost for treatment of water discharge. Operating and maintenance costs should only include your material, labour and energy costs incurred to operate and maintain systems to treat water discharged by your facility. (dollars)
Please indicate if your facility's final effluent (industrial waste discharged) is monitored for:
- a): Biochemical Oxygen Demand
- b): Chemical Oxygen Demand
- c): Suspended Solids
- d): Phenols
- e): Toxicity
- f): pH
- g): Oil & Grease
- h): Temperature
- i): Colour
- j): Acute lethality
- k): Other (specify)
- 01: Yes
- 02: No
- 03: Frequency
Section 7: Other details
Capital expenditures on water intake, discharge or treatment facilities made at this establishment for 20XX. Include all relevant outlays for machinery and equipment purchases, and their installation, as well as for construction related to water intake, discharge and treatment. (dollars)
Comments
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