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Volume of wastewater generated by industry in 2011 (in millions of m3)
This layer shows the volume of wastewater generated by industry in the Europe and North America region, expressed in millions of cubic meters. Spain generates the largest... -
SDG Indicator 6.1.1 : Proportion of population using safely managed drinking ...
Population using an improved drinking water source (piped water into dwellings, yards or plots; public taps or standpipes; boreholes or tubewells; protected dug wells; or... -
Presence of water in 696 water points in Bolivia (2015-2016)
This layer identifies if any water was available at the water point on the day of the visit (recognizing that it may be a limited flow) in Bolivia. Data was gathered from the... -
Area equipped for irrigation and actually irrigated
Area actually irrigted, as a percentage of area equipped for irrigation. The statistics with a reference year closest to year 2005 were selected for this version 5 of the Global... -
Global interannual variability
Inter-annual variability measures the variation in water supply between years. -
Coastal Aquifers in the Mediterranean
This map presents information on coastal aquifers in the Mediterranean. For additional information on the assessment of risks and uncertainties relating to Mediterranean coastal... -
Areas of saline groundwater
This map presents areas identified as having saline groundwater (i.e. salinity regionally exceeding 5 g/l), and where groundwater is generally not suitable for human... -
Groundwater as abstraction source for drinking water supply in 2014
Data is given as the percentage of water abstracted for drinking supply that comes from groundwater. Abstraction sources include: groundwater, spring water, surface water, other... -
Percentage of population with access to improved sanitation
This map presents the percentage of population with access to improved sanitation for the last collected values in world cities during the period 1990 to 2007. It also provides... -
Flood risk at UNESCO World Heritage natural sites
This layer shows UNESCO World Heritage site subjected to flood risk. -
Areas of heavy groundwater abstraction
This map presents areas of heavy groundwater abstraction with over-exploitation around the world.For more information, visit: www.whymap.org -
Global upstream storage (2010)
Upstream storage measures the water storage capacity available upstream of a location relative to the total water supply at that location from 1950 to 2010. Higher values... -
Human Water Stress in Transboundary River Basins
The Human Water Stress indicator deals with the quantity of water available per person per year relative to the internal and upstream area water supplies, on the premise that... -
Annual amount of renewable transboundary groundwater resources per capita
Calculated as the long-term mean transboundary groundwater recharge, including man-made components, divided by the number of inhabitants of the area occupied by the aquifer.... -
Global threatened amphibians (2010)
Measures the percentage of freshwater amphibian species classified by IUCN as threatened. Higher values indicate more fragile freshwater ecosystems and may be more likely to be... -
Global seasonal variability
Seasonal variability measures variation in water supply between months of the year. -
Total water delivered to households in 2014
Data is given in m³/capita/year.The full data are available online. For more information, visit: www.waterstatistics.org -
Urban water management challenges versus intitutional and economic capacities...
This layer shows limits pose by challenges and capacities to African cities. Although the main challenges in terms of magnitude exist in the larger cities, these are also... -
Hydropower plants in the Dinaric Alps region (2013)
Water accounts for the main source of production of electrical power in the Dinaric Alps, and contribute significantly to the countries’ economies. Albania gains 83 % of all... -
Environmental Water Stress in Transboundary River Basins
The Environmental Water Stress in Transboundary River Basins indicator focuses on the water quantity aspect and considers hydrological alterations from monthly dynamics of the...
