Brief description:
This indicator specifies the availability of freshwater from various sources (freshwater abstracted, desalinated water, reused water, net imports of water) and its use to meet the needs of households, agriculture, industry, and other economic activities. The water use is provided as a total for the whole country and broken down by economic activity according to the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC). Moreover, the indicator shows total water use per unit of GDP.
Methodology:
The indicator is formed in accordance with the "Methodology for the formation of environmental statistics indicators" approved by Order No. 223 of the Acting Chairman of the Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 25, 2015.
The responsible state body for the formation of data on the intake and use of fresh water is the Committee on Water Resources of the Ministry of Water Resource and Irrigation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the basis of the departmental statistical form 2-TP vodkhoz "Report on the intake, use and disposal of water". The report is submitted by water users who use water for the needs of agriculture, and other water users.
Unit:
The total volume of water use and the volume by economic activity are measured in million cubic metres per year; total water use per unit of GDP is expressed as cubic meters per in international dollars (constant prices, purchasing power parity in 2017).
