Utilisation of Water of Protection of Waters from Contamination

 

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

 

Legal and methodological framework

Data on the utilisation and protection of waters from Contamination are collected by the reporting on the web form Annual Reporton the Utilisation of Waters and Protection of Waters from Contamination (VOD-1 form).

Coverage

Reporting units are all business entities and parts thereof registered in the Statistical Business Register and other administrative sources. The coverage includes all statistical units that used more than 1 000 m3 water on the basis of available data,which are classified into the NKD 2007. activity sections B Mining and quarrying, C Manufacturing, D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply and E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities.

The survey provides data on water supply, utilisation of water, discharging of water and amounts of treated wastewater according to the NKD 2007. activities.

 

Definitions

 

Water supply includes the total volume of water used in supplying business entities, irrespective of whether it was used for own purposes or sold to other users. The volume of water used is determined by a water meter, or otherwise, it is estimated either according to standards for a particular activity or according to the project documentation. Data on water used are given according to the origin of water: from the public supply system, other systems, underground waters, springs, watercourses, lakes, reservoirs and the sea.

Water utilisation includes the total volume of water used by reporting units for the production activity in the reference year. It includes the volume of water used in technological processes (consumed water), in the process of cooling (evaporated water), in the production of electric energy, for sanitary and other purposes.

Discharge of water includes the total volume of discharged waste water according to the place of discharging into a recipient.

Treated waste water includes the total volume of discharged treated waste water according to the place of discharging into a recipient.

 

 

Abbreviations

m3

cubic meter

NKD 2007.

National Classification of Activities, 2007 version

'000

thousand