Quantification of water consumption is generally limited to what can be described as direct or apparent consumption, and represents water collected and extracted by the relevant country in order to satisfy various needs, generally shared between consumption for domestic and urban use, agriculture, industry and energy production. This approach, however, does not facilitate understanding or evaluation of the impact of a country on water resources. Indeed, it is likely to import goods and services that will be consumed there by its inhabitants, and export other goods and services that will be consumed by the inhabitants of other countries. A certain amount of water is linked to these goods and services that was consumed during their production. A small amount of this water may have been included in the final product, but the majority has generally evaporated or been disposed of, changed in quality, in the producing country. A countr...
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