Statistics Sweden conducts surveys on water withdrawal and water use every fifth year. The statistics shows the amount of ground water, surface water and sea water abstracted. Water usage is broken down into four main categories, households, manufacturing industry, agriculture and other users. The statistics is presented on county level and river basin districts.
Water withdrawal and water use in Sweden
Since 1995 the trend in Sweden has been to use less water, but in 2010 a slight increase occurred, thus breaking the trend.
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