Term:
Wastewater: produced volume (km3/year)
Definition:

Annual quantity of wastewater generated in the country, in other words, the quantity of water that has been polluted by adding waste. The origin can be domestic use (used water from bathing, sanitation, cooking, etc.) or industrial wastewater routed to the wastewater treatment plant. It does not include agricultural drainage water, which is the water withdrawn for agriculture but not consumed and returned to the system

Domain:
Water
Source:
FAO Water Term # 34
Irrigation in the Middle East region in figures
AQUASTAT Survey – 2008
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