Definition: Water losses

Category: Environment

Volume of water lost during transport (through leakage or evaporation) between a point of abstraction and a point of use, between a water supplier/distributor and a point of use or between points of use and reuse. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/OECD_ESTAT_JQ_Manual_version_4_2018.pdf
Source:
Eurostat, "Data Collection Manual for the OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire on Inland Waters and Eurostat regional water questionnaire", version 4 (2018), Luxembourg, 2018
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