# Lime and Water and sanitation

Water and sanitation depends on lime.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/lime-and-water-and-sanitation/

[Lime](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/lime/) (commodity) and [Water and sanitation](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/water_sanitation/) (industry): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 5 of 5 · Lime → Water and sanitation*

3 of the enterprise types in Water and sanitation depend on lime; 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:

- Water utilities (municipal boards and private operators): softening and pH (criticality 5 of 5)
- Water-treatment chemical suppliers: pH correction and softening (criticality 3 of 5)
- Septic tank emptying and faecal sludge treatment operators: sludge stabilisation (criticality 2 of 5)

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