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Water Withdrawal Rate (WWR)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: wwr.ttl
- Name
waterWithdrawalRate- Datatype
- RealInterval
- Definition
- The rate at which water is removed from a resource for use.
- Description
- Water may be removed by manual or mechanical means, and may be used (for example) for irrigation, watering livestock, industrial or domestic use. Note: This does not include baseflow (that is, flow out of the aquifer into rivers or streams lying below the level of the aquifer).
- Accepted
- 2016-06-08
- Defined by
- GGDM
- Physical quantity
- volumeFlowRate
- Recommended unit
- Cubic Metre per Annum (tropical year)
- Used by
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.