Sector
Textiles
Dyeing and finishing are among the most water-intensive and most polluting industrial processes, and are concentrated in countries where effluent regulation is often weakly enforced.
Key facts
- Part of
- Industry
What drives water use in this sector
- Fibre type and dye chemistry
- Whether effluent treatment is installed and operated
- Cotton cultivation upstream, which dominates the sector’s total water footprint
Relationships
- Part of: Industry
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Sources
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations — AQUASTAT — Global Information System on Water and Agriculture. Public but restricted · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
- United States Geological Survey — Estimated Use of Water in the United States. Open · US Government work — public domain
- International Energy Agency — Water–energy nexus analysis. Public but restricted · Publisher terms — public access, reuse not clearly granted