Environmental accounts; water use 2003-2008

As part of the environmental accounts, CBS annually draws up the water bills together. Here you can use the (physical) use of water. because of the Dutch activities. A distinction is made between the use of tap water, use and abstraction of groundwater and surface water. The use is imputed to the various industries and to households. Optionally, tables can be drawn up for each economic activity (including households), by type of water and per year the use is displayed. The types of water that are taken its tap water, groundwater surface water. Because the data in the environmental accounts are directly linked to the econo— mic data in the National Accounts, it is possible to impact of the economic performance of the Netherlands on the use of to visualise water from the natural environment in numerical terms. With the help of the water bills, environmental indicators can be drawn up. let’s go. For example, the use intensity of the different types of water can determined for the Netherlands as a whole or by industry. Data available from: 2003. Frequency: yearly (until 2008). Reason to stop: As of June 2011, the new standard business classification will be 2008 (SBI 2008) used by the National Accounts. The National accounts were transferred from the SBI '93 to the 2008 SBI. The Environmental accounts are in line with this as of November 2011.