# Lithium and Water and sanitation

Water and sanitation depends on lithium.

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

[Lithium](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/lithium/) (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 2 of 5 · Lithium → Water and sanitation*

1 of the enterprise types in Water and sanitation depend on lithium; for the most dependent, it rates 2 out of 5 on criticality.

- **1** enterprise types depend on it
- **2 of 5** highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Smart-metering and digital-water vendors: long-life meter batteries (criticality 2 of 5)

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