6.C.5 Consumption of water for needs of the national economy and population
Sustainable Development Goal
Goal 6. Clean water and sanitation
Priority
Rational use of water resources
Definition
Amount of water used for needs of the national economy and the total population during the year.
Unit
dam³
Available dimensions
total
Methodological explanations
Consumption of water means the amount of water used for needs of the national economy and population which is drawn from own intakes, water supply network or purchased from other units.
In the statistic means the sum of water consumption for the purposes of: • industry - water consumed for production, operational, social, administrative purposes (except for water supplied to residential buildings, eg. plant buildings) excluding water sold and losses in water network; • agriculture and forestry - water consumed is water withdrawn for filling and completing fishponds; • exploitation of water supply network - water delivered to households, individual farms, residents of long-term collective accommodation facilities (dormitories, orphanages, nursing homes, monasteries etc.), entrepreneurs and manufacturing plants in all sectors of the national economy - whether it was used for production or social and living purposes (eg. in bathhouse, canteens, office buildings) and other purposes.
Water used for filling and replenishing fish ponds - until 2018, this item included water used for irrigation of agricultural and forestry land and for filling and replenishing fish ponds. The area criterion for filling fish ponds is 10 ha or more.
