Water Watch
HANDOUT 13b

Refer to the newspaper charts to fill in the blanks:

  1. The total number of water treatment plants in ontario .
  2. The number of ontario's water treatment plants inspected in the last year of the NDP government, 1993-94 .
  3. The number of water treatment plants inspected in the year when the Harris government came to power, 1995 . This equals percent of the total.
  4. The number of water treatment plants inspected in 1998-99 . This equals only percent of the total. This equals a percent cut since 93-94.
  5. The number of people employed by the ontario Ministry of the Environment in 1994-95 and in 1999-2000 . This equals a percent cut since 1994-95.
  6. The amount of money spent on the environment in 1994 was approximately million dollars.
  7. The amount of money spent on the environment in 1999 was approximately million dollars. This represents a percent cut from 1994.