Water supplied by public water supply companies; regions, 2000 – 2003

Water supplied by public water supply companies; regions, 2000 – 2003

Regions Periods Supplied water Produced by water companies Total produced by water companies (mln m3) Supplied water Produced by water companies Drinking water Total drinking water (mln m3) Supplied water Produced by water companies Drinking water Actual groundwater (mln m3) Supplied water Produced by water companies Drinking water Dune water (mln m3) Supplied water Produced by water companies Drinking water Surface water, directly processed (mln m3) Supplied water Produced by water companies Drinking water Infiltration water (mln m3) Supplied water Produced by water companies Surface water, semi-filtrate (mln m3) Supplied water Produced by others (mln m3) Use (mln m3)
The Netherlands 2003 1,272.568 1,196.519 740.837 15.695 241.213 198.774 76.049 11.422 1,283.990
North-Netherlands 2003 136.341 127.552 121.536 0.696 3.103 2.217 8.789 - 134.460
East-Netherlands 2003 233.965 233.957 223.048 - 0.742 10.167 0.008 1.903 236.662
West-Netherlands 2003 638.093 572.783 151.235 14.999 230.175 176.374 65.310 3.651 648.815
South-Netherlands 2003 264.169 262.227 245.018 - 7.193 10.016 1.942 5.868 264.053
Groningen 2003 58.287 49.498 44.178 - 3.103 2.217 8.789 - 55.894
Friesland 2003 47.455 47.455 46.759 0.696 - - - - 47.475
Drenthe 2003 30.599 30.599 30.599 - - - - - 31.091
Overijssel 2003 75.879 75.871 64.962 - 0.742 10.167 0.008 - 80.105
Flevoland 2003 19.860 19.860 19.860 - - - - - 19.860
Gelderland 2003 138.226 138.226 138.226 - - - - 1.903 136.697
Utrecht 2003 81.035 81.035 81.035 - - - - - 82.229
Noord-Holland 2003 221.420 183.149 7.287 6.527 67.882 101.453 38.271 - 219.221
Zuid-Holland 2003 278.839 273.822 46.677 8.472 150.922 67.751 5.017 6.793 287.724
Zeeland 2003 56.799 34.777 16.236 - 11.371 7.170 22.022 -3.142 59.641
Noord-Brabant 2003 190.733 188.791 181.598 - 7.193 - 1.942 - 184.749
Limburg 2003 73.436 73.436 63.420 - - 10.016 - 5.868 79.304
Source: CBS
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation

Water production and use of ground water, dune water, infiltration water
and surface water (for drinking water or semi - filtrate water) by region
2000 - 2003; January 2000 - December 2003
Changed on April 16 2004.
Frequency: Discontinued.

Description topics

Supplied water
Produced by water companies
Water produced and purified by water companies in the Netherlands.
Total produced by water companies
Drinking water
Total drinking water
Actual groundwater
Groundwater excluding dune water.
Dune water
Surface water, directly processed
Infiltration water
Surface water that is cleansed and pumped into the dunes where it forms a
reservoir and is further purified by infiltration.
Rain water is added to this reservoir. Water from this reservoir is
supplied on demand; after further purification it is used as drinking
water.
Surface water, semi-filtrate
This is partly purified water that cannot be used as drinking water.
Produced by others
'Others' are non-water companies in the Netherlands and the balance of
imports and exports. A negative value means that more water has been
exported than imported.
Use
The use (including loss through leakage) is 'Total produced by water
companies' plus 'Produced by others'. Because of interprovincial supplies,
this does not add up per province.
Users are mainly households, offices and (to a limited extent) small
manufacturing companies.