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Cement and Water and sanitation

Water and sanitation depends on cement.

Cement (commodity) and Water and sanitation (industry): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 5 of 5 · Cement → Water and sanitation

3 of the enterprise types in Water and sanitation depend on cement; for the most dependent, it rates 5 out of 5 on criticality.

  • 3 enterprise types depend on it
  • 5 of 5 highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Bulk raw-water and reservoir authorities: dams, canals and intake works (criticality 5 of 5)
  • Pipe manufacturers (ductile iron, steel, PVC and HDPE): internal mortar lining (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Water EPC and design-build-operate contractors: tanks and structures (criticality 3 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.