The SEEAW and water-related indicators
Ilaria DiMatteo
United Nations Statistics Division
Outline
• Why deriving indicators from the SEEAW
• Examples of indicators
• Link with indicators from the 2nd WWDR
Why deriving indicators from the
SEEAW
The SEEAW allows for the derivation of
precisely defined, consistent and interlinked
hydrological–economic indicators, which can
be used for
• monitoring
• analyses of possible causes of changes
Examples of indicators
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Water abstraction by sector and by sources
Water discharge by sector
Water abstraction/GDP by sector
Water abstraction/number of employee
Water abstraction per capita
Water consumption by sector
Cost recovery – Is the government recovering the costs
of collection, purification, distribution and treatment of
water through the fees charged?
Indicators from the 2nd WWDR
Organized by challenge areas:
Global* (8), Resources (9), Agriculture (7),
Industry (5), Energy (6), Valuing (4),
Sharing* (5),
Governance (2), Health (6), Risk (3),
Ecosystems (5), Knowledge (1) and
Settlements (3)
38
Indicators from the 2nd WWDR
of the 38 indicators
21 can be derived from the accounts
5 can be partially derived from the accounts
4 social indicators,
3 related to land area  land accounts
3 related to energy  energy accounts
2 cannot be derived from the accounts
SEEAW and 2nd WWDR indicators
GLOBAL challenge area
Index of non sustainable water use:
Q-DIA or Q-A
Asset
Q = renewable freshwater resources
accounts
D = domestic water use
I = industrial water use
Physical SUT
A = agriculture water use
SEEAW and 2nd WWDR indicators
GLOBAL challenge area
Relative water stress:
DIA/Q
Asset
Q = renewable freshwater resources
accounts
D = domestic water use
I = industrial water use
Physical SUT
A = agriculture water use
SEEAW and 2nd WWDR indicators
RESOURCES challenge area
Asset
Annual precipitation
accounts
Total actual renewable resources
and its variants
Asset
accounts
SEEAW and 2nd WWDR indicators
AGRICULTURE challenge area
Relative importance of agriculture in the economy
Share of GDP generated by Agr.
monetary
accounts
Relative importance of agriculture withdrawals in water
balance
Asset
Abstraction by agr./renewable water resources
accounts
SEEAW and 2nd WWDR indicators
INDUSTRY challenge area
Trends in industrial water use
Abstraction by industry
Water use by sector
Water abstraction by sector (industry, agr.,
services, hh)/total abstraction
Physical
SUT
Physical
SUT
SEEAW and 2nd WWDR indicators
INDUSTRY challenge area
Industrial water productivity
Value added/abstraction
Hybrid
accounts
Organic pollution emission by industrial sector
emission
accounts
SEEAW and 2nd WWDR indicators
ENERGY challenge area
Volume of desalinated water produced
physical
SUT
Indicators partially derived from SEEAW
INDUSTRY challenge area
Climate moisture index
Plant water demand/precipitation
asset accounts
Indicators partially derived from SEEAW
VALUING challenge area
Ratio of actual to desired level of public investment
in water supply
actual investment/desired investment
monetary
accounts