DzU article from 07.05.2025 | Last changed: 13.05.2025
Indicator: Using water resources
… 2007 the water exploitation index has been below the critical level of 20 %; in 2022 it was at 10,1 %. Germany is causing water exploitation in other parts of the … index (EC 2011). In Germany the index fell from 26.3 % to 10.1 % between 1991 and 2022. The reason for this development is a continuous decline in water abstraction. In 1991 it was still 46.3 billion cubic metres (m³) while in 2022 with17.9 billion m³ it was significantly lower. Large amounts of the water …