# Steel and Water and sanitation

Water and sanitation depends on steel.

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

[Steel](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/steel/) (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 · 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.