Biennial Industrial Water Survey (IWS)

Intake water treatment of location, category

Intake water treatment refers to the type of treatment, if any, of new water prior to its initial use at the location. New water is water introduced for the first time into a given location regardless of source or quality, including sanitary/domestic water intake. Where the location supplies water to adjacent or tenant industries or municipalities, that water is excluded.

Location refers to the lowest level of the Business Register statistical hierarchy. The location, as a statistical unit, is defined as a production unit at a single geographical location at which or from which economic activity is conducted and for which, at a minimum, employment data are available.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Types of intake water treatment, total responses