Describes the type of water withdrawn, consumed, or discharged as a result of investments made by the organization during the reporting period.
Choose all that apply:
Organizations should footnote all assumptions used.
This metric is intended to capture the type of water (for example, groundwater, industrial water, or surface water) withdrawn, consumed, or discharged during the reporting period. Specifically, this metric is intended to support the disaggregation of Water Withdrawn (OI0263), Water Discharged (OI0386), and Water Consumed: Total (OI1697) by type of water.
For further guidance on water types, see the IRIS+ glossary.
June 2022 - IRIS v5.3 Released (current version)
Immaterial change. Minor revision to usage guidance for clarity.
January 2020 - IRIS v5.1 Released
New metric. Water Type (OD7536) was developed via the IRIS+ Sustainable Water Management Expert Subgroup.
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