Environmental accounts; water use and abstraction 2003 - 2011

Changed on: 12/11/2014 02:00

Environmental accounts; water use and abstraction 2003 - 2011
Waterusers	Periods	Tap water use (mln m3)	Use of groundwater Total use of groundwater (mln m3)	Use of groundwater Use of groundwater for cooling (mln m3)	Use of groundwater Other use of groundwater (mln m3)	Use of surface water (mln m3)
Total of all water users	2011*	1,080.3	991.9	63.7	928.2	15,300.2
Total private households	2011*	783.0	.	.	.	.
A-U All economic activities	2011*	297.3	.	.	.	.
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing	2011*	42.7	88.5	0.0	88.5	30.9
B-E Industry (no construction), energy	2011*	159.6	903.3	63.7	839.7	15,269.3
B Mining and quarrying	2011*	2.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.8
C Manufacturing	2011*	142.6	141.2	63.5	77.8	3,391.0
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	2011*	38.2	66.6	24.2	42.4	165.9
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts	2011*	1.4	2.3	0.4	1.9	4.4
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing	2011*	1.7	15.3	0.7	14.6	73.2
16 Manufacture of wood products	2011*	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0
17 Manufacture of paper	2011*	1.0	14.8	0.6	14.2	73.0
18 Printing and reproduction	2011*	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.1
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum	2011*	20.7	0.1	0.0	0.1	805.6
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals	2011*	42.7	17.5	8.9	8.7	2,112.3
20 Manufacture of chemicals	2011*	37.4	12.1	3.9	8.2	2,109.8
201 Manufacture of basic chemicals	2011*	32.3	9.1	3.5	5.6	2,080.9
202 Manufacture agrochemical products	2011*	.	.	.	.	.
203 Manufacture of paints and ink	2011*	.	.	.	.	.
204 Manufacture detergents and cosmetics	2011*	.	.	.	.	.
205 Manufacture of other chemicals	2011*	.	.	.	.	.
206 Manufacture of man-made fibres	2011*	.	.	.	.	.
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals	2011*	5.3	5.4	5.0	0.4	2.4
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod	2011*	4.4	14.6	11.0	3.6	5.8
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products	2011*	2.2	9.0	8.3	0.7	3.6
23 Manufacture of building materials	2011*	2.2	5.6	2.7	2.9	2.2
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products	2011*	27.3	20.6	15.4	5.2	221.7
24 Manufacture of basic metals	2011*	25.0	18.6	13.9	4.7	220.1
25 Manufacture of metal products	2011*	2.3	2.0	1.5	0.5	1.6
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry	2011*	2.1	2.7	2.2	0.5	0.3
26 Manufacture of electronic products	2011*	1.7	2.6	2.1	0.5	0.1
27 Manufacture of electric equipment	2011*	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c.	2011*	1.9	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.5
29-30 Transport equipment	2011*	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.2
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers	2011*	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.1	1.1
30 Manufacture of other transport	2011*	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair	2011*	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.2
31-32 Furniture and other manufacturing	2011*	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.2
33 Repair and installation of machinery	2011*	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
D Electricity and gas supply	2011*	12.0	5.3	0.0	5.3	10,928.2
E Water supply and waste management	2011*	2.7	756.7	0.1	756.6	949.3
36 Water collection and distribution	2011*	0.2	755.8	-	755.8	473.2
37-39 Waste management	2011*	2.4	0.9	-	0.7	476.1
F Construction	2011*	2.6	.	.	.	.
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering	2011*	33.0	.	.	.	.
G Wholesale and retail trade	2011*	12.4	.	.	.	.
H Transportation and storage	2011*	3.3	.	.	.	.
I Accommodation and food serving	2011*	17.3	.	.	.	.
J Information and communication	2011*	0.7	.	.	.	.
K Financial institutions	2011*	1.8	.	.	.	.
L Renting, buying, selling real estate	2011*	3.6	.	.	.	.
M-N Business services	2011*	3.7	.	.	.	.
M Other specialised business services	2011*	2.8	.	.	.	.
N Renting and other business support	2011*	0.8	.	.	.	.
O-Q Government and care	2011*	27.0	.	.	.	.
O Public administration and services	2011*	5.3	.	.	.	.
P Education	2011*	5.1	.	.	.	.
Q Health and social work activities	2011*	16.7	.	.	.	.
R-U Culture, recreation, other services	2011*	22.7	.	.	.	.
R Culture, sports and recreation	2011*	13.7	.	.	.	.
S Other service activities	2011*	8.4	.	.	.	.
T Activities of households	2011*	0.6	.	.	.	.
U Extraterritorial organisations	2011*	0.0	.	.	.	.
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

Table explanation

This table presents the water accounts, being part of the environmental accounts compiled by Statistics Netherlands annually. This Water Accounting table includes the (physical) water use by the Dutch economic activities. A distinction is made between the use of tap water, use and abstraction (withdrawal)of groundwater and of surface water. The water used is allocated to the industries and households. Alternatively, tables selections can be made that show break down by economic activity (including households), by water type and annual use. Data in the environmental accounts directly correspond to the economic data in the national accounts, that allow assessment of the impact of the economic performance of the Netherlands for the use of water taken from the natural environment in quantitative terms. From the water accounts bills, environmental indicators can be derived. As an example the water use intensity for the different types can be determined for the Netherlands as a whole or for the break down by industry.

Data available from: 2003 - 2011

Status of the figures:
The data in this table for the last year are provisional. Figures for the other years are final.Because this table is discontinued, figures will not be updated anymore.

Changes as of November 12, 2014:
None, this table is discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore. This table is replaced by table: Environmental accounts; water use and abstraction. See paragraph 3.

Description topics

Tap water use

Water from the tap of drinking water quality produced by the water supply companies and provided to households and businesses.
Tap water is purified groundwater or surface water and transported through a network of pipes.
The use of so-called 'other water' is not included.
‘Other water’, (incl. ‘industrial water’) is water of different quality compared to tap water. This may be partially treated water, for instance, pre-treated surface water, or water that has been optimised to the needs of the business market, for instance, distilled and demineralised water.
As part of the environmental accounts, on an annual basis Water Accounts are compiled. Part of these accounts is the (physical) use of water by the different economic activities.
In here a distinction is made between the use of tap water and abstraction (withdrawal) of groundwater and of surface water.
The total water use is subsequently allocated to the various industries and households.

Use of groundwater

Use of water abstracted and eventual pumped from the subsurface. This can be fresh, brackish or salt water.

Total use of groundwater: Use of water pumped or otherwise abstracted from underground formations. This may be fresh water, but can also be brackish or salt water.

Use of groundwater for cooling: Use of abstracted groundwater for cooling purposes.

Other use of groundwater: Use of abstracted groundwater for other than cooling purposes.

Use of surface water

Use of water abstracted from inland waters such as rivers, lakes, canals (except for groundwater), transitional waters, coastal waters and, in respect of the chemical status, also should include territorial waters (i.e. the sea).