The regionalised water exploitation index (WEI+) measures total water consumption as a percentage of the renewable freshwater resources available for a given territory and period. It quantifies how much water is abstracted monthly or seasonally and how much water is returned before or after use to the environment via river basins (e.g. leakages, discharges by economic sectors). The difference between water abstractions and water returns is regarded as ‘water consumption’. In the absence of Europe-wide agreed formal targets, values above 20 % are generally considered to be a sign of water scarcity, while values equal or greater than 40 % indicate situations of severe water scarcity, meaning the use of freshwater resources is unsustainable.

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• Unità:
  % of long term annual average water (LTAA)
• Tipo di dato:
  Statistics
• Ambito geografico:
  EU
• Frequenza di aggregazione dei dati:
  Annual
• Copertura temporale (anno iniziale):
  2000
• Copertura temporale (anno finale):
  2021
• Disponibile per il download in formato XLS/CSV:
  SI
• Può essere reso disponibile in altri formati:
  NO
• Mappa/grafico interattivo disponibile:
  SI