Montreal reduced water consumption by more than three per cent in 2017

Efforts to reduce water consumption on Montreal Island are paying off, the city says, with a 3.5 per cent reduction being recorded between 2016-2017.
The production of 567 million cubic metres of drinking water in 2017 was a 3.5 per cent reduction compared with the previous year, and a 24 per cent drop since 2001, the city said in a statement on Wednesday.
The city credits the reduction to improved infrastructure, the use of water meters and a public education program that has been providing tip