Term:
Water withdrawal for industry (million m3/year)
Definition:

Annual quantity of water withdrawn for industrial uses. It includes renewable water resources as well as potential over-abstraction of renewable groundwater or withdrawal of fossil groundwater and potential use of desalinated water or treated wastewater. Usually, this sector refers to self-supplied industries not connected to any distribution network. The ratio between net consumption and withdrawal is estimated at less than 5 percent.

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