Volume of water provided over the lifetime of a product or system operated according to planned capacity.
Organizations should footnote all assumptions used.
This metric is intended to capture the amount of water that a product could produce or provide during its lifetime. For example, an organization that sells home water pumps might report the amount of water provided to the end user over a pump’s lifetime.
Organizations with oversight of product use beyond the initial sale should consider reporting Water Savings from Products Sold (PD5786). Organizations wishing to report the total water production capacity of all products sold during the reporting period should report Water Provision Capacity of Products Sold: Total (PD2020).
This metric has 1 related submetrics.
June 2022 - IRIS v5.3 Released (current version)
Immaterial change. Minor revisions to definition and usage guidance for clarity.
January 2020 - IRIS v5.1 Released
No change.
May 2019 - IRIS v5.0 Released
No change.
March 2016 - IRIS v4.0 Released
Immaterial change. Metric name and definition language modified to improve accuracy.
March 2014 - IRIS v3.0 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revision to metric name and definition language for clarity.
November 2011 - IRIS v2.2 Released
No change.
February 2011 - IRIS v2.1 Released
No change.
September 2010 - IRIS v2.0 Released
Material change. Water Production Capacity (PD6052) replaced Agricultural Water Production Capacity: Community Installation (EE17). Metric modified to increase applicability by expanding accepted water production methods.
September 2009 - IRIS v1.0 Released
New metric. Agricultural Water Production Capacity: Community Installation (EE17) was developed via the Original IRIS Working Group.
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