Environmental accounts; emissions to water, origin-destination 1995-2010

Environmental accounts; emissions to water, origin-destination 1995-2010

Origin-destination Periods Emissions to water, heavy metals Total heavy metals (in equivalents) (1 000 heavy metal-equivalents) Emissions to water, heavy metals Arsenic compounds like As (kg) Emissions to water, heavy metals Cadmium compounds like Cd (kg) Emissions to water, heavy metals Chromic compounds like Cr (kg) Emissions to water, heavy metals Copper compounds like Cu (kg) Emissions to water, heavy metals Mercury compounds like Hg (kg) Emissions to water, heavy metals Lead compounds like Pb (kg) Emissions to water, heavy metals Nickel compounds like Ni (kg) Emissions to water, heavy metals Zinc compounds like Zn (kg) Emissions to water, nutrients Total nutrients (in equivalents) (1 000 nutrient-equivalents) Emissions to water, nutrients Phosphorus compounds like P (kg) Emissions to water, nutrients Nitrogen compounds like N (kg)
29-30 Transport equipment 2010** 2.6 0 0 11 7,630 - 15 32 221 4 1,098 26,545
E Water supply and waste management 2010** 11.3 3,104 242 3,291 10,236 93 4,180 10,214 88,821 4,755 2,684,324 20,701,763
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2010** 6.4 1,048 5 40 14,642 0 1,735 52 38,176 4 368 37,514
H Transportation and storage 2010** 4.7 1,048 5 8 10,633 0 597 31 30,269 3 27 30,380
49 Land transport 2010** 2.2 2 1 7 5,556 - 438 28 8,973 1 - 11,217
50 Water transport 2010** 2.1 - 4 - 4,336 - 17 - 19,947 0 - 1,287
51 Air transport 2010** 0.0 0 0 0 112 - 28 1 309 0 - 1,644
52 Warehousing, services for transport 2010** 0.3 1,045 0 0 454 - 67 1 601 1 27 13,399
Own transport private households 2010** 2.0 6 3 19 4,349 - 689 79 15,675 - - -
Transport difference 2010** -16.6 2,130 -158 12,165 -58,887 -111 1,049 9,565 202,413 -295 -651,338 3,564,117
Source: CBS.
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This table contains information about the origin and destination of emissions to water of nutrients and heavy metals. These data are part of the environmental accounts. The origin of the emissions to water can be divided into the Dutch economy (disaggregated by private households and industries) and the rest of the world. The destination can be divided into absorption by producers, drain off emissions to the rest of the world and contribution to the environmental problem. The figures in this table can be compared in a consistent way to macro-economic indicators. Furthermore, water emission accounts indicators can be derived for the emissions of heavy metals into water and the eutrophication of surface waters. These indicators can be used for supporting water policy.

Data available from: 1995-2010

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table for the last year are provisional. The figures for the other years are final. Because this table is discontinued, figures will not be updated anymore.

Changes as of January 30, 2015:
None, this table is discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore. This table is replaced by table: Environmental accounts; emissions to water, origin and destination. See paragraph 3.

Description topics

Emissions to water, heavy metals
A group of metals with a high atomic weight, in particular metals with high toxicity, such as arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, mercury, lead, nickel and zinc.
Total heavy metals (in equivalents)
Heavy metals are metals with a high atomic weight.
The emissions of the different heavy metals can be converted to heavy metals equivalents and then add up. The level of harmfulness of the metal to the environment is taken into account in the conversion.
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It concerns in particular heavy metals with high toxicity, such as aresenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, mercury, lead, nickel and zinc.
Arsenic compounds like As
The sum of arsenic compounds, measured as the total amount of arsenic that is present in those compounds.
Cadmium compounds like Cd
The sum of cadmium compounds, measured as the total amount of cadmium that is present in those compounds.
Chromic compounds like Cr
The sum of chromic compounds, measured as the total amount of chromium that is present in those compounds.
Copper compounds like Cu
The sum of copper compounds, measured as the total amount of copper that is present in those compounds.
Mercury compounds like Hg
The sum of mercury compounds, measured as the total amount of mercury that is present in those compounds.
Lead compounds like Pb
The sum of lead compounds, measured as the total amount of lead that is present in those compounds.
Nickel compounds like Ni
The sum of nickel compounds, measured as the total amount of nickel that is present in those compounds.
Zinc compounds like Zn
The sum of zinc compounds, measured as the total amount of zinc that is present in those compounds.
Emissions to water, nutrients
Nutrients that are necessary for the growth of crops and plants (such as phosphorus and nitrogen).
A too high concentration of phosphorus and nitrogen in the surface water is bad for the quality of the surface water.
Total nutrients (in equivalents)
Nutrients that are necessary for the growth of crops and plants (such as phosphorus and nitrogen)
The emissions of phosphorus and nitrogen are converted to nutrient-equivalents and then added up. In the conversion the harmfulness of the nutrients to the environment is taken into account. Phosphorus gets a heavier weight than nitrogen (factor 10)
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A too high concentration of phosphorus and nitrogen in the surface water is bad for the quality of the surface water.
Phosphorus compounds like P
The total amount of phosphates and other phosphorus compounds in waste water, measured as phosphorus (P). Phosphate is a compound of phosphorus with oxygen. Phosphorus compounds are nutrients and of vital importance for all organisms, because it is a nutrient for different proteins and for the skeleton.
Nitrogen compounds like N
The total amount of nitrogen in organic compounds (such as proteins) and inorganic compounds (such as nitrate and ammonium). Nitrogen compounds are essential nutrients for all living things: without nitrogen organisms cannot make proteins.
Nitrogen is absorbed in the form of nitrate- or ammonium salts. With an excess of nitrogen in the environment not all of these substances are absorbed and there is over fertilization or eutrophication.