In 2020, municipal water withdrawal for United Kingdom was 6.23 billion cubic meters per year. Before municipal water withdrawal of United Kingdom started to increase to reach a level of 6.23 billion cubic meters per year in 2020, it went through a trough reaching a low of 5.22 billion cubic meters per year in 2014.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.Annual quantity of water withdrawn primarily for the direct use by the population. It includes renewable freshwater resources as well as potential over-abstraction of renewable groundwater or withdrawal of fossil groundwater and the potential use of desalinated water or treated wastewater. It is usually computed as the total water withdrawn by the public distribution network. It can include that part of the industries, which is connected to the municipal network. The ratio between the net consumption and the water withdrawn can vary from 5 to 15% in urban areas and from 10 to 50% in rural areas.
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