Water supply emission factors

Mains water supply and its treatment for delivery. From 8 libraries, filed in one model so one publisher's factor compares with another's.

Factors
217
Libraries
8
With their own page
7
Units with a page
JPY · CAD · EUR
Largest library

149 factors, 69%

What the 7 factor pages say

One chart per unit, since a kilogram and a kWh do not compare. Colour is the boundary, what the factor counts; every row also names it.

Cradle to gate

Per JPY · 3 factor pages

Linear scale, from 0.005
From 0.00627 (Water, sewage and other systems, Open CEDA) to 0.0182 (Water, sewage and other systems, Open CEDA) kgCO₂e per JPY.

Per CAD

OpenIO-Canada puts Water delivered by water works and irrigation systems at 0.22 kgCO₂e/CAD (Cradle to gate, 2022), the only factor page in this unit.

Per EUR

EXIOBASE puts Collected and purified water, distribution services of water (41) at 4.59 kgCO₂e/EUR (Cradle to gate, 2019), the only factor page in this unit.

Per kg

ÖKOBAUDAT puts Drinking water at 0.00011 kgCO₂e/kg (Cradle to gate, 2023), the only factor page in this unit.

Per L

MfE puts Water Supply - Water supply emission factors (m3) at 0.0000377 kgCO₂e/L (Cradle to gate, 2024), the only factor page in this unit.

Source: the published factor pages, catalogue version 591.

Who publishes these factors

8 libraries publish them. Each name opens the library's page.

Open CEDA (149) and EXIOBASE (49) hold 91% of them; the other 6 publish the rest (19).

Source: open-climate.ai catalogue, version 591, coverage summed over libraries.

Every factor page

Sorted by library. Each factor is also on its library's page.

ActivityLibraryRegionBoundaryValueYear
Collected and purified water, distribution services of water (41)EXIOBASEChinaCradle to gate4.59 kgCO₂e/EUR2019
Water Supply - Water supply emission factors (m3)MfENew ZealandCradle to gate0.0000377 kgCO₂e/L2024
Drinking waterÖKOBAUDATGermanyCradle to gate0.00011 kgCO₂e/kg2023
Water, sewage and other systemsOpen CEDAChadCradle to gate0.00627 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Water, sewage and other systemsOpen CEDANepalCradle to gate0.00862 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Water, sewage and other systemsOpen CEDABahrainCradle to gate0.0182 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Water delivered by water works and irrigation systemsOpenIO-CanadaOntarioCradle to gate0.22 kgCO₂e/CAD2022

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