Greywater footprint

Unit

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: Cubic meters per year (m³/year)

Indicator

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: Water consumption and withdrawal

Metric type

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: Pressure

Framework alignment notes

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Voluntary 3.3.3 Greywater footprint (= pollutant load/(ambient water quality standard for the pollutant - natural concentration in recieving water body)
ISO 14046 - Water footprint

Target example
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[Company name] will reduce its greywater footprint in [basin] to [target amount in ML/year] by [target year].

Target source: Adapted from SBTN Freshwater Target

Metric assessment

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Relevance: Medium
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Feasibility: High
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Additional Metric Notes
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ACT-D stage
Assess

Maturity stage
Developing

Metric Contribution to Action
Tracking water pollution from business activities informs actions to minimize contamination and protect freshwater quality.

Observations, Successes and Challenges

  • Tracks the volume of water polluted by wastewater discharge
  • Greywater metrics primarily track discharge from identifiable sources but may miss diffuse sources of pollution (e.g., agricultural runoff or atmospheric deposition).

Related actions

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Avoid environmental harm

Avoid environmental harm

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