SDG 6 · Indicator
Scarce water consumption embodied in imports
m³/capita
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Description
Water scarcity is measured as water consumption weighted by scarcity indices. In order to incorporate water scarcity into the virtual water flow calculus, a new satellite account was constructed where water use entries are weighted so that they reflect the scarcity of the water being used. The weight used is a measure of water withdrawals as a percentage of the existing local renewable freshwater resources. The Water Scarcity Index was used for converting total water use into scarce water use.
Long-Term Objective
The long-term objective for this indicator is a value of .
Reference
Lenzen et al. (2013)