Volume of potable 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 potable 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 drinking water provided to the end user over a pump’s lifetime.
Potable water is safe enough for human consumption or use for domestic purposes, drinking, cooking, and personal hygiene with low risk of immediate or long-term harm.
This is a submetric of Water Provision Capacity of Product: Total (PD6052), which has 0 other 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. Water Production Capacity of Product: Potable (PD6929) replaced Water Production Capacity: Potable (PD6929). Minor revision to metric name add definition language for clarity.
November 2011 - IRIS v2.2 Released
No change.
February 2011 - IRIS v2.1 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revision to definition language for clarity.
September 2010 - IRIS v2.0 Released
Material change. Water Production Capacity: Potable (PD6929) replaced Potable Water Capacity: Community Installation (EE15). Metric modified to increase applicability.
September 2009 - IRIS v1.0 Released
New metric. Potable Water Capacity: Community Installation (EE15) was developed via the Original IRIS Working Group.
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