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2005 - 2006 - Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook 2012

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371 <strong>Pinsent</strong> <strong>Masons</strong> <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Yearbook</strong> <strong>2005</strong>-<strong>2006</strong><br />

[2] – Problems<br />

Regional and<br />

national water<br />

scarcity<br />

Low flow<br />

abstraction<br />

restrictions<br />

10-60% is<br />

lost in<br />

transmission<br />

Untreated<br />

effluent not<br />

recovered<br />

Domestic/<br />

Industrial<br />

Returned<br />

Polluted<br />

Pressure points in the water cycle and their amelioration<br />

<strong>Water</strong><br />

resources<br />

contaminated<br />

Reservoir<br />

Withdrawal<br />

208 km 3 pa<br />

Reservoir<br />

Returned<br />

0 km 3 pa<br />

Reservoir<br />

Consumption<br />

208 km 3 pa<br />

Domestic<br />

Withdrawal<br />

776 km 3 pa<br />

Domestic<br />

Returned<br />

688 km 3 pa<br />

Domestic<br />

Consumption<br />

88 km 3 pa<br />

Total water<br />

Consumption<br />

2,182 km 3 pa<br />

Industrial<br />

Withdrawal<br />

384 km 3 pa<br />

Industrial<br />

Returned<br />

331 km 3 pa<br />

Industrial<br />

Consumption<br />

53 km 3 pa<br />

Agricultural<br />

Withdrawal<br />

2,605 km 3 pa<br />

Agricultural<br />

Returned<br />

771 km 3 pa<br />

Agricultural<br />

Consumption<br />

1,834 km 3 pa<br />

Agricultural<br />

water<br />

undervalued<br />

and misused<br />

15-25% is<br />

lost in<br />

transmission<br />

Agricultural<br />

water lost<br />

through<br />

evaporation

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