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# Water Provision Capacity of Products Sold: Potable (PD1403)

Volume of potential potable water provided over the lifetime of the product, for all products sold during the reporting period.
Calculation:
$\href{/metric/4.0/PI1263}{\text{Units/Volume Sold: Total (PI1263))}}\times\href{/metric/4.0/PD6929}{\text{Water Provision Capacity of Product: Potable (PD6929)}}$
Reporting format
Unit of Measure (PD1602)
Metric type
Flow
Metric level
Product/Service
IRIS metric citation
IRIS, 2016. Water Provision Capacity of Products Sold: Potable (PD1403). v4.0.

### Footnote

Organizations should footnote all assumptions used.

### Usage Guidance

• Potable water is water safe enough to be consumed by humans or used with low risk of immediate or long term harm. Potable water can be used for domestic purposes, drinking, cooking, and personal hygiene.
• This metric is intended to capture the total potential potable water production/provision of the products that were sold during the reporting period. This metric should be based on the amount of potable water that could be produced/provided by the product during its lifetime. For example, this metric may be used by an organization that sells home water pumps that provide the homeowners with drinking water.
• When multiplying the potable water provision capacity of each product sold by Units/Volume Sold: Total (PI1263), organizations should use absolute number of units rather than volume. For example, if the potable water provision capacity of each product sold is multiplied by each unit sold, the total potable water provision capacity of products sold can be calculated.