Volume of water treated over the lifetime of a product or system operated according to planned capacity.
Organizations should footnote all assumptions used, as well as details on the type of water treated (e.g., wastewater).
This metric is intended to capture the amount of water that could be treated by a product during its lifetime. For example, an organization might report the volume of water that a kinetic water-purifying bicycle can treat (organizations should footnote assumptions about trip time and the like when reporting the capacity of such a product).
Organizations wishing to report the water-treatment capacity of all products sold during the reporting period should use Water Treatment Capacity of Products Sold (PD3523).
Treating water aims to improve water’s quality to make it more acceptable for an end-use, such as drinking, industry, or safe return to the environment, by removing or reducing existing water contaminants.
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
Material change. Water Treatment Capacity of Product: Total (PD8586) replaced Wastewater Treated Capacity of Product (PD8586). Metric name modified to increase clarity. Metric definition modified to increase applicability.
March 2014 - IRIS v3.0 Released
Immaterial change. Wastewater Treated Capacity of Product (PD8586) replaced Water Treated (PD8586). 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
Immaterial change. Water Treated (PD8586) replaced Water Treatment (EE21). IRIS ID / metric name changed due to framework upgrade. Minor revision to definition language for clarity.
September 2009 - IRIS v1.0 Released
New metric. Water Treatment (EE21) was developed via the Original IRIS Working Group.
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