KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024
WW-R-1: Water use index
… decrease over the past 30 years. 2007 was the first year in which water usage undercut the water use index of 20 %, perceived to be a critical threshold value. … mean of the period 1961–1990 is concerned, roughly 188 billion cubic metres of groundwater and surface water were considered potentially available water resources; by … available – cause regional utilisation conflicts regarding surface water and groundwater abstraction (for instance for the purpose of irrigation in agriculture and …