Volume of surface and groundwater consumed as a
result of the production of a good or service. Consumption refers to the volume
of freshwater used and then evaporated or incorporated into a product. It also
includes water abstracted from surface or groundwater in a catchment and
returned to another catchment or the sea. It is the amount of water abstracted
from groundwater or surface water that does not return to the catchment from
which it was withdrawn.
THE ABC FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES
UNEP / UN HABITAT / FIDIC / GI-REC
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