Steel and Water and sanitation

Water and sanitation depends on steel.

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

How they are linked

1. Industry input

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

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

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

Enterprise types that depend on it:

• Bulk raw-water and reservoir authorities: gates, penstocks and pipelines (criticality 5 of 5)
• Pipe manufacturers (ductile iron, steel, PVC and HDPE): steel pipe and plate (criticality 3 of 5)
• Pump, valve and meter makers: casings and shafts (criticality 3 of 5)
• Water EPC and design-build-operate contractors: reinforcement and pipework (criticality 3 of 5)

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