economic demand
type: Concept
narrower: water consumption

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: water consumption

water consumption
type: Concept
definition: Consumption of water is essential for the sustainability of human life. It is used in numerous renewable and nonrenewable ways and is commoditized via transformation into a multitude of items. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage; Water Consumption]
broader: economic demand