Water accounting is the process of communicating water resources related information and the services generated from consumptive use in a geographical domain in order to describe water resources in a standard context, using clear terminology and a standard data collection system with known quality standards.

Description

Additional information

developer

FAO, International Water Management Institute, UNESCO-IHE, World Water Assessment Programme

scope

Facility / River Basin

resource-types

Case Studies, Guidance

topics-sdgs

Access to WASH (SDG 6.1 & 6.2), Ecosystems (SDG 6.6), IWRM (SDG 6.5), Water Quality (SDG 6.3), Water Use Efficiency (SDG 6.4)

wwf-mitigation

Ensure fair water allocations, Understand ecosystem services, Water Awareness and Internal Capacity, Water Governance