Environmental accounts; emissions to water 1995 to 2014
| 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total origin emissions on water | 2014 | 334.6 | 100,804 | 7,618 | 158,615 | 496,996 | 1,242 | 213,354 | 231,446 | 2,003,830 | 65,601 | 27,833,973 | 377,674,390 |
| 29-30 Transport equipment | 2014 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7,642 | . | 12 | 29 | 255 | 4 | 1,000 | 28,022 |
| E Water supply and waste management | 2014 | 0.4 | 238 | 3 | 480 | 527 | 3 | 250 | 1,295 | 3,359 | 414 | 175,229 | 2,391,484 |
| G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2014 | 6.2 | 1,003 | 5 | 24 | 15,274 | 0 | 1,357 | 15 | 30,579 | 4 | 1,329 | 30,452 |
| H Transportation and storage | 2014 | 4.8 | 1,003 | 5 | 3 | 11,599 | 0 | 321 | 8 | 24,608 | 2 | 780 | 7,517 |
| 49 Land transport | 2014 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4,560 | 0 | 191 | 3 | 1,944 | 1 | 780 | 730 |
| 50 Water transport | 2014 | 2.9 | . | 5 | . | 6,479 | . | 16 | . | 21,968 | . | . | . |
| 51 Air transport | 2014 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | . | 18 | 0 | 102 | . | . | . |
| 52 Warehousing, services for transport | 2014 | 0.2 | 1,003 | 0 | 1 | 378 | . | 64 | 6 | 404 | 1 | 0 | 6,787 |
| Own transport private households | 2014 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | 0 | 0 | 382 | . | . | . |
| Transport difference | 2014 | -14.9 | 2,796 | -279 | 10,983 | -48,372 | -116 | 939 | 6,164 | 169,787 | -545 | -1,125,378 | 5,806,202 |
| 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 to 2014
Status of the figures:
Discontinued
Changes as of April 1, 2021
No changes
When will new figures be published?
This table has been discontinued as the calculation of the equivalent is open to discussion.
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.
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)
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.