# Metal products and Water and sanitation

Water and sanitation buys from Metal products; water and sanitation depends on metal products.

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

[Metal products](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/metal_products/) (industry) and [Water and sanitation](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/water_sanitation/) (industry): 2 relationships.

## How they are linked

### 1. Buys from

*Physical flow · ₹1.5 per ₹100 · Water and sanitation buys from Metal products*

Water and sanitation buys goods or services from Metal products; counted through every round of supply, ₹1.5 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

- **₹1.5** of every ₹100 of Water and sanitation output, all rounds
- **₹0.5** bought directly

### 2. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Metal products → Water and sanitation*

1 of the enterprise types in Water and sanitation depend on metal products.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Pipe manufacturers (ductile iron, steel, PVC and HDPE): fittings, valve bodies and steel sections (criticality 3 of 5)

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