Water flow in the technosphere

I found this sankey graph really enlighting in terms of how water is routed in the technosphere, and there are several insights revealed here, perhaps most interestingly the losses and internal use in drinking water treatment and distribution amount to 25%, and the volume of stormwater treated by wastewater treatment plants even exceed the volume of actual household wastewater (580 Mcbm compared to about 480 Mcbm).… Read more

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