Water withdrawn from water courses for use in agriculture, industry or domestic purposes, that has evaporated, transpired, been incorporated into products and crops, consumed by human beings or livestock, ejected directly to the sea or into evaporation areas (blind watershed) or otherwise removed from freshwater resources. Water losses during the transport of water between the point or points of abstraction and the point or points of use are excluded. Note: water use"" is not the same as ""consumptive water use"".