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Volume of wastewater generated by industry in 2011 (in millions of m3)
This layer shows the volume of wastewater generated by industry in the Europe and North America region, expressed in millions of cubic meters. Spain generates the largest... -
SDG Indicator 6.1.1 : Proportion of population using safely managed drinking ...
Population using an improved drinking water source (piped water into dwellings, yards or plots; public taps or standpipes; boreholes or tubewells; protected dug wells; or... -
Presence of water in 696 water points in Bolivia (2015-2016)
This layer identifies if any water was available at the water point on the day of the visit (recognizing that it may be a limited flow) in Bolivia. Data was gathered from the... -
Global interannual variability
Inter-annual variability measures the variation in water supply between years. -
Groundwater as abstraction source for drinking water supply in 2014
Data is given as the percentage of water abstracted for drinking supply that comes from groundwater. Abstraction sources include: groundwater, spring water, surface water, other... -
Percentage of population with access to improved sanitation
This map presents the percentage of population with access to improved sanitation for the last collected values in world cities during the period 1990 to 2007. It also provides... -
Global upstream storage (2010)
Upstream storage measures the water storage capacity available upstream of a location relative to the total water supply at that location from 1950 to 2010. Higher values... -
Human Water Stress in Transboundary River Basins
The Human Water Stress indicator deals with the quantity of water available per person per year relative to the internal and upstream area water supplies, on the premise that... -
Global threatened amphibians (2010)
Measures the percentage of freshwater amphibian species classified by IUCN as threatened. Higher values indicate more fragile freshwater ecosystems and may be more likely to be... -
Global seasonal variability
Seasonal variability measures variation in water supply between months of the year. -
Total water delivered to households in 2014
Data is given in m³/capita/year.The full data are available online. For more information, visit: www.waterstatistics.org -
Urban water management challenges versus intitutional and economic capacities...
This layer shows limits pose by challenges and capacities to African cities. Although the main challenges in terms of magnitude exist in the larger cities, these are also... -
Hydropower plants in the Dinaric Alps region (2013)
Water accounts for the main source of production of electrical power in the Dinaric Alps, and contribute significantly to the countries’ economies. Albania gains 83 % of all... -
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) in the Ocotepeque-Citala Aquifer (Dry season)
This map provides information on Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) in mg/L in the Ocotepeque-Citala Aquifer in dry season (April). -
Global upstream protected land
Upstream protected land measures the percentage of total water supply that originates from protected ecosystems. Modified land use can affect the health of freshwater ecosystems... -
Global Groundwater Vulnerability to Floods and Droughts
This map presents the intrinsic vulnerability of groundwater systems and the sensitivity or resistance of those systems to natural disasters. The concept of groundwater... -
Surface water as abstraction source for drinking water supply in 2014
Data is given as the percentage of water abstracted for drinking supply that comes from surface water. Abstraction sources include: groundwater, spring water, surface water,... -
Transboundary River Basins around the World
The world’s transboundary river basins span 151 countries, include more than 2.8 billion people (around 42 % of the world’s population), cover 62 million km2 (42 % of the total... -
Trifinio-Fraternidad Biosphere Reserve
The Trifinio Fraternidad transboundary biosphere reserve is a tri-national biosphere reserve located between El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. It is the first transboundary... -
Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Sites)
Ramsar Sites are wetlands considered to be of international importance. The international convention which forms the basis for their identification is commonly referred to as...
