Canada - Organic water pollutant
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions (kg per day)
The value for Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions (kg per day) in Canada was 306,595 as of 2003. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 311,149 in 2002 and a minimum value of 272,409 in 1993.
Definition:
Source: 1998 study by Hemamala Hettige, Muthukumara Mani, and David Wheeler, "Industrial Pollution in Economic Development: Kuznets Revisited" (available at www.worldbank.org/nipr). The data were updated by the World Bank's Development Research Group using the same methodology as the initial study.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 300,895 |
| 1991 | 286,251 |
| 1992 | 278,866 |
| 1993 | 272,409 |
| 1994 | 272,590 |
| 1995 | 274,988 |
| 1996 | 283,268 |
| 1997 | 287,667 |
| 1998 | 292,274 |
| 1999 | 302,148 |
| 2000 | 307,538 |
| 2001 | 307,543 |
| 2002 | 311,149 |
| 2003 | 306,595 |
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions (kg per day per worker)
The value for Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions (kg per day per worker) in Canada was 0.16 as of 2003. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.17 in 1992 and a minimum value of 0.16 in 2001.
Definition:
Source: World Bank and UNIDO's industry database.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.17 |
| 1991 | 0.17 |
| 1992 | 0.17 |
| 1993 | 0.17 |
| 1994 | 0.17 |
| 1995 | 0.16 |
| 1996 | 0.16 |
| 1997 | 0.16 |
| 1998 | 0.16 |
| 1999 | 0.16 |
| 2000 | 0.16 |
| 2001 | 0.16 |
| 2002 | 0.16 |
| 2003 | 0.16 |
Classification
Topic: Environment Indicators
Sub-Topic: Water pollution
