The water utility in Edmonton, EPCOR, published the most incredible graph of water consumption last week. By now you’ve probably heard that up to 80% of Canadians were watching last Sunday’s gold medal Olympic hockey game. So I guess it stands to reason that they’d all go pee between periods.
But still—the degree to which the water consumption matches with the key breaks in the hockey game is stunning.
EPCOR regularly tracks water consumption during major sporting events, and saw a similar milestone pattern in the 2006 Stanley Cup final with the Edmonton Oilers, Mr. Gibbs says.
Similar surges were seen across the country during Vancouver's Olympic Men's gold medal hockey game. Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator reported a 300 megawatt increase in power use just before the game started as people fired up their TVs.
I'd be really interested to see Vancouver's consumption from Metro Vancouver and BC Hydro. But the real question is: what would have happened if they all flushed at once?
Courtesy: Pat's Papers & Globe & Mail
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