System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water - Final Draft 2006

United Nations Statistics Division / SEEAW - Water Accounts

The System of Environmental and Economic Accounting for Water (SEEAW) has been prepared by the

United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) in collaboration with the London Group on Environmental

Accounting, and in particular with its Sub-group on Water Accounting.

The preparation of the Handbook of National Accounting Integrated Environmental and Economic

Accounting -2003 (commonly referred to as SEEA-2003) provided an opportunity and a challenge to

develop methodologies for water accounts. Although country experiences in water accounts at the time

the SEEA-2003 was written, was limited, commonalities in the approaches to compile water accounts

emerged. The section on water accounts in Chapter 8 of the SEEA-2003 is the first attempt to develop

harmonized methodologies for water accounts.

The System of Environmental and Economic Accounting for Water (SEEAW) has been prepared by theUnited Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) in collaboration with the London Group on EnvironmentalAccounting, and in particular with its Sub-group on Water Accounting.The preparation of the Handbook of National Accounting Integrated Environmental and EconomicAccounting -2003 (commonly referred to as SEEA-2003) provided an opportunity and a challenge todevelop methodologies for water accounts. Although country experiences in water accounts at the timethe SEEA-2003 was written, was limited, commonalities in the approaches to compile water accountsemerged. The section on water accounts in Chapter 8 of the SEEA-2003 is the first attempt to developharmonized methodologies for water accounts.

Creator	United Nations Statistics Division / SEEAW - Water Accounting
Publisher	United Nations Statistics Division / SEEAW - Water Accounting
Type of document	Report
Rights	Public
File link	http://unstats.un.org/unsd/envaccounting/SEEAWDraftManual.pdf
File link local	SEEAWDraftManual.pdf (PDF, 1582 Kb)
Source of information	United Nations Statistics Division / SEEAW - Water Accounting
Keyword(s)	water accounting, water use, wastewater
Subject(s)	AGRICULTURE , ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RIGHT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , TOOL TERMS , TOURISM - SPORT - HOBBIES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY
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