URL:

http://www.fao.org/aquastat/en/

References:

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). AQUASTAT, FAO's Global Water Information System. Rome. Website http://www.fao.org/aquastat/en/.

The following resources of specific interest to this indicator are available on these sites:

AQUASTAT glossary (http://www.fao.org/aquastat/en/databases/glossary/).

AQUASTAT Main country database (http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/data/query/index.html?lang=en )

AQUASTAT Water use (http://www.fao.org/aquastat/en/overview/methodology/water-use/).

AQUASTAT Water resources (http://www.fao.org/aquastat/en/overview/methodology/water-resources/).

AQUASTAT publications dealing with concepts, methodologies, definitions, terminologies, metadata, etc. (http://www.fao.org/aquastat/en/resources/publications/reports/)

IWMI – Global environmental flows assessment
http://eflows.iwmi.org/

IWMI - Global Environmental Flow Information for the Sustainable Development Goals
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/IWMI_Research_Reports/PDF/pub168/rr168.pdf

UNSD/UNEP Questionnaire on Environment Statistics – Water Section

http://unstats.un.org/unsd/environment/qindicators.htm

Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics (FDES 2013) (Chapter 3) http://unstats.un.org/unsd/environment/FDES/FDES-2015-supporting-tools/FDES.pdf

OECD/Eurostat Questionnaire on Environment Statistics – Water Section

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/1798247/6664269/Data-Collection-Manual-for-OECD_Eurostat-Questionnaire-on-Inland-Waters.pdf/f5f60d49-e88c-4e3c-bc23-c1ec26a01b2a?t=1611245054001

Several documents exist that can be used to support countries in the computation of this indicator. Among them:

Understanding AQUASTAT - FAO's global water information system
This information note covers a twenty-year history of the collection and analysis of water-related data and its dissemination as an international public good, freely available to all. The process of collecting and checking the data has resulted in the establishment of a unique network of collaborators who provide data, use data from other countries for comparative purposes, and exchange views and experiences on how best to measure and account for water-related use. Users range from international private companies to non-governmental organizations, and virtually all significant reports related to water depend on the data provided by AQUASTAT.
http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc817e.pdf

Incorporating environmental flows into “water stress” indicator 6.4.2 - Guidelines for a minimum standard method for global reporting.

These guidelines are intended to assist countries to participate in the assessment of SDG 6.4.2 on water stress by contributing data and information on environmental flows (EF). They provide a minimum standard method, principally based on the Global Environmental Flows Information System (GEFIS), which is accessible via http://eflows.iwmi.org.

https://www.unwater.org/app/uploads/2019/01/SDG6_EF_LOW2.pdf

Renewable Water Resources Assessment - 2015 AQUASTAT methodology review
http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc818e.pdf

Global database on municipal wastewater production, collection, treatment, discharge and direct use in agriculture
This paper describes the rationale and method to setup and feed the AQUASTAT database on municipal wastewater production, collection, treatment, discharge or direct use in agriculture. The best available sources of information have been reviewed, including peer-reviewed papers, proceedings of workshops, conferences and expert meetings, global or regional databases, as well as country briefs, national reports and direct communications by country government officials and experts.
http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc823e.pdf

Cooling water for energy generation and its impact on national-level water statistics
This technical note, describing the issue of cooling water for energy generation and its impact on national-level water statistics, has two purposes: 1) to act as a general informational resource and 2) to encourage governmental agencies responsible for water usage to gather and report information disaggregated by sub-sector (keeping thermoelectric withdrawals separate from industrial and hydroelectric withdrawals), and to determine the point at which lower water withdrawal designs are more favourable, even if the required capital cost is higher.
http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc822e.pdf

Municipal and industrial water withdrawal modelling for the years 2000 and 2005 using statistical methods
This document describes the efforts to generate models that estimate the municipal and industrial water withdrawals for the years 2000 and 2005.
http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc821e.pdf

Disambiguation of water statistics
The nomenclature surrounding water information is often confusing and gives rise to different interpretations and thus confusion. When discussing the way in which renewable water resources are utilized, the terms water use, usage, withdrawal, consumption, abstraction, extraction, utilization, supply and demand are often used without clearly stating what is meant.
http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc816e.pdf

FAO-AQUASTAT questionnaire on water and agriculture
These annual Guidelines and questionnaires have been prepared specifically designed to collect the SDG 6.4. related water variables, and therefore to update the core variables in AQUASTAT database.
http://www.fao.org/aquastat/en/overview/methodology/

International Recommendations for Water Statistics
The International Recommendations for Water Statistics (IRWS) were developed to help strengthen national information systems for water in support of design and evaluation of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) policies.
https://unstats.un.org/unsd/EconStatKB/KnowledgebaseArticle10209.aspx

UNSD/UNEP Questionnaire on Environment Statistics – Water Section
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/environment/questionnaire.htm
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/environment/qindicators.htm

UNSD ‘National Accounts Main Aggregates Database’
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/selbasicFast.asp

FAO e-learning course on SDG Indicator 6.4.2 - Level of water stress: https://elearning.fao.org/course/view.php?id=365

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