Volume of potable water provided and delivered to offtaker(s) during the reporting period.
Organizations should footnote all assumptions used.
This metric is intended to capture the amount of potable water the organization produced or provided for commercial sale and not water produced for its own consumption. Bulk water production is usually sold to a utility. The buyer or purchaser of this water is termed the offtaker.
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.
Organizations wishing to report product-level potable water production should use Water Provision Capacity of Products Sold: Potable (PD1403) and Water Provision Capacity of Product: Potable (PD6929).
This is a submetric of Water Provided for Sale: Total (PI9468), which has 0 other related submetrics.
June 2022 - IRIS v5.3 Released (current version)
Immaterial change. Minor revision to 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 modified to improve accuracy.
March 2014 - IRIS v3.0 Released
Immaterial change. Water Produced for Service Sale: Potable (PI8043) replaced Potable Water Produced (PI8043). 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
New metric. Potable Water Produced (PI8043) was developed via the Environment, Energy & Water Working Group.
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