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Environment – Public water withdrawal

Regional breakdownCompanies1)Water withdrawal plant2)Water withdrawal2)
totalof which
ground
water		spring
water		bank filtrate
and enriched
ground water		river,
lake and
barrage water
number1,000 m³
Year2007

1) Only companies with water withdrawal. The regional classification is based on the location of the companies’ headquarter.

2) The regional classification is based on the location of the water withdrawal plant.
Baden-Württemberg9022,431620,614343,421126,0474,614146,532
Bayern1,8783,436898,386677,154149,04648,68723,499
Berlin18181,84445,230-136,614-
Brandenburg96465150,490136,720-13,770-
Bremen238,2988,298 - - -
Hamburg11368,97268,972---
Hessen3941,935361,587273,14844,51543,924-
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern5344792,40278,10812,73211,561
Niedersachsen232383556,330482,21211,6381,43561,045
Nordrhein-Westfalen4247941,197,923475,33421,762513,417187,410
Rheinland-Pfalz2071,281234,528165,44434,56125,0209,503
Saarland377666,16363,9952,168--
Sachsen94479224,78559,01614,10660,33391,330
Sachsen-Anhalt45161123,84656,8431,60422,62742,772
Schleswig-Holstein382429203,824203,645--179
Thüringen85705130,09949,52518,06032762,187
Germany4,83313,0465,120,0913,187,065423,508873,500636,018
Regional breakdownCompanies1)Water withdrawal plant2)Water withdrawal2)
totalof which
ground
water		spring
water		bank filtrate
and enriched
ground water		river,
lake and
barrage water
number1,000 m³
Year2004

1) Only companies with water withdrawal. The regional classification is based on the location of the companies’ headquarter.

2) The regional classification is based on the location of the water withdrawal plant. For Germany, Bremen and Berlin it is based on the location of the companies’ headquarter. Consequently, double counts/undercoverage happen when the data is counted together. The data for Germany does not contain any double counts/undercoverage.
Baden-Württemberg9382,424686,049361,626125,0355,458193,930
Bayern1,9633,414901,057665,528162,01248,31024,207
Berlin11214,556214,556---
Brandenburg109508126,000118,074157,89219
Bremen2214,41714,117---
Hamburg113121,945121,945---
Hessen3992,208360,927313,39939,5817,947-
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern5452493,93178,30423,79311,832
Niedersachsen247419536,410461,92511,7762,63060,079
Nordrhein-Westfalen4398881,300,958539,32124,673527,968208,996
Rheinland-Pfalz2141,297258,887185,63435,47329,2208,560
Saarland399168,42666,3922,034--
Sachsen103571296,06671,13115,37164,259145,305
Sachsen-Anhalt4917880,01859,7381,83415,6242,822
Schleswig-Holstein391436177,514177,347--167
Thüringen94836134,56365,75619,01675249,039
Germany5,04313,8105,371,7243,516,093436,822713,853704,956

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22.12. 2009

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