--- title: Water Use Reduction Dashboard description: Read the Water Use Reduction Dashboard --- [Skip to content](https://support.worldly.io/how-to-read-the-water-use-reduction-dashboard#main-content) [Submit a request](https://support.worldly.io/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) [![Worldly logo](https://support.worldly.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Worldly%20Media%20Kit/Worldly%20Logos/Worldly_LogoTM_Red.png?width=250&height=61&name=Worldly_LogoTM_Red.png)](https://support.worldly.io/?hsLang=en) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Submit a request](https://support.worldly.io/kb-tickets/new) How can we help? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Help Center](https://support.worldly.io/?hsLang=en) 2. [Insights](https://support.worldly.io/insights?hsLang=en) 3. [Dashboards](https://support.worldly.io/insights?hsLang=en#dashboards) # Water Use Reduction Dashboard ### Water KPI Cards The Water Use Reduction dashboard has 10 key performance indicator (KPI) cards. All of them reflect your production allocation except FEM Water Score, which comes from the Higg Facility Environmental Module (FEM). | **KPI** | **What it measures** | **Unit** | **Affected by allocation** | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | % Recycled Water Use | Share of water use that comes from recycled sources | % | Yes | | % Withdrawal Water Use | Share of water use that comes from withdrawn sources (groundwater and municipal water) | % | Yes | | Blue Water Use | Total blue water use | liters | Yes | | Grey Water Use | Total grey water use | liters | Yes | | Pc-Pair Production Water Intensity | Water use per piece or pair produced | liters/pc-pair | Yes | | Kg Production Water Intensity | Water use per kilogram produced | liters/kg | Yes | | FEM Water Score | Score on the FEM water section (average across facilities) | Out of 100 | No | | Total Water Use | Total water use | liters | Yes | | Production Water Use | Water use from production, not including domestic use | liters | Yes | | Domestic Water Use | Water use for domestic purposes, such as kitchens and restrooms | liters | Yes | If you want a KPI that is not on the dashboard, contact Worldly Support at support.worldly.io. For each KPI definition, see the Water Metric Definitions section of this article. ### Water Hotspots Hotspots show where water use is concentrated (by country, facility type, tag, cadence, and industry sector) and how it splits across water sources. The hotspots appear on screen in this order: - **Facility KPI Table** - **Water Mix** - **Water Use by Country** - **Water Use by Facility Type** - **Water Use by Assessment Tags** - **Water Use by Cadences** - **Water Use by Industry Sector** - **Water Mix Table** - **Top Initiatives Table** - **Compliance Initiatives Table** - **Strategy Initiatives Table** - **Tracking Initiatives Table** - **Improvement & Remediation Planning Initiatives Table** - **Recorded Improvements & Remediation Initiatives Table** #### Water Mix Distribution of all water sources. #### Water Use by Country Water use (liters) by facility country. #### Water Use by Facility Type Water use (liters) by reported facility type(s). #### Water Use by Assessment Tags Water use (liters) by assigned tag. You manage tags in My Modules. #### Water Use by Cadences Water use (liters) by assigned cadence. You manage cadences in the Adoption tool. #### Water Use by Industry Sector Water use (liters) by reported industry sector. #### Facility KPI Table Lists each facility and its values for all the KPIs on this dashboard. For how filters change table values, see **How the Numbers Work in Insights Hub**. #### Water Mix Table Lists each facility and its distribution of all water sources. For how filters change table values, see **How the Numbers Work in Insights Hub**. #### Top Initiatives Table Lists each facility and its answers to the top initiatives questions. #### Compliance Initiatives Table Lists each facility and its answers to the compliance initiatives questions. #### Strategy Initiatives Table Lists each facility and its answers to the strategy initiatives questions. #### Tracking Initiatives Table Lists each facility and its answers to the tracking initiatives questions. #### Improvement & Remediation Planning Initiatives Table Lists each facility and its answers to the improvement and remediation planning initiatives questions. #### Recorded Improvements & Remediation Initiatives Table Lists each facility and its answers to the recorded improvements and remediation initiatives questions. ### Water Initiatives Initiatives show what facilities report doing to manage water, such as tracking water use, setting targets, or reducing blue water use. Each card shows the share of facilities in your view that meet it. For how levels, percentages, colors, and the initiative drawer work, see **How the Numbers Work in Insights Hub**. On screen, each card title starts with its level, for example "L2: Water Baseline". All water initiative cards use the same green range (70% to 100%) and red range (0% to 30%). Some cards appear in more than one category. #### Top Water Initiatives The water initiatives that customers ask about most. Start here. | **Initiative card** | **What it means** | **Level** | | --- | --- | --- | | Industry Program Participation | Facility is part of an industry program that addresses water. | L0 | | Water Risk Rating | Facility's location is not rated high or very high for overall water risk. | L0 | | Level 1 Water Achievement | Facility has achieved Level 1 in the Water section of the FEM. | L1 | | Water Balance Analysis | Facility has carried out a water balance analysis. | L2 | | Blue Water Reduction Targets | Facility has set targets to reduce water use from blue water sources other than rainwater. Counts only facilities that use blue water. | L2 | | Grey Water Increase Targets | Facility has set targets to increase water use from grey water sources. | L2 | | Improved Water Use Implementation Plan | Facility has an implementation plan to improve water use. | L2 | | Plan to Reduce Blue Water Use | Facility has a plan to reduce blue water use. | L2 | | Eliminated Groundwater | Facility has eliminated (reduced by more than 90%) groundwater use for production processes. Counts only facilities where this question applies. | L3 | | Absolute Blue Water Reduction | Facility has reduced its absolute blue water use. | L3 | #### Water Compliance Initiatives Whether facilities hold water permits, use groundwater within legal limits, and are located outside high water-risk areas. | **Initiative card** | **What it means** | **Level** | | --- | --- | --- | | Water Risk Rating | Facility's location is not rated high or very high for overall water risk. | L0 | | Water Use Permit | Facility has a valid water use permit, or one where authorization is in progress. Counts only facilities that answered the permit question. | L0 | | Legal groundwater abstraction | Facility abstracts groundwater within legal limits. Counts only facilities subject to legal requirements for groundwater abstraction. | L1 | #### Water Strategy Initiatives Whether facilities have the people and long-term plans to manage water. | **Initiative card** | **What it means** | **Level** | | --- | --- | --- | | Industry Program Participation | Facility is part of an industry program that addresses water. | L0 | | EMS Management | Facility has an employee responsible for water. | L1 | | EMS Strategy | Facility has a long-term strategy that covers water. | L1 | #### Water Tracking Initiatives Whether facilities measure and record their water use. | **Initiative card** | **What it means** | **Level** | | --- | --- | --- | | Track Any Water Use | Facility tracks any of its water use. | L1 | | Track All Water Use | Facility tracks all of its water use. | L1 | | Separate Reporting | Facility can report water use separately for each of its facility types. | L0 | | Include Rejected Water | Facility includes water rejected during incoming water pre-treatment in its totals. | L1 | | Track Domestic And Production Separately | Facility tracks domestic and production water use separately. | L1 | | Monitor Leaks | Facility monitors water leaks. | L1 | #### Water Improvement and Remediation Planning Initiatives Whether facilities have baselines, targets, and plans to improve water use. | **Initiative card** | **What it means** | **Level** | | --- | --- | --- | | Water Balance Analysis | Facility has carried out a water balance analysis. | L2 | | Water Baseline | Facility has set a water baseline. | L2 | | Separate Domestic/Production Water Baseline | Facility has set separate baselines for domestic and production water use. | L2 | | Blue Water Reduction Targets | Facility has set targets to reduce water use from blue water sources other than rainwater. Counts only facilities that use blue water. | L2 | | Grey Water Increase Targets | Facility has set targets to increase water use from grey water sources. | L2 | | Rainwater Harvesting Targets | Facility has set targets to increase rainwater harvesting capacity. Counts only facilities that use rainwater. | L2 | | Improved Water Use Implementation Plan | Facility has an implementation plan to improve water use. | L2 | | Plan to Reduce Blue Water Use | Facility has a plan to reduce blue water use. | L2 | #### Recorded Water Improvements and Reductions Progress facilities have already made on water use. | **Initiative card** | **What it means** | **Level** | | --- | --- | --- | | Improved Grey Water Use | Facility has increased grey water use from any source, compared with its baseline. | L2 | | Reduced Blue Water Use | Facility has reduced blue water use from any source, compared with its baseline. | L2 | | Absolute Blue Water Reduction | Facility has reduced its absolute blue water use. | L3 | | Eliminated Groundwater | Facility has eliminated (reduced by more than 90%) groundwater use for production processes. Counts only facilities where this question applies. | L3 | | Water Risk Reporting | Facility reports or discloses water risk and consumption to an external reporting standard. | L3 | | Positive Impact of Local Water Source | Facility can show a positive impact on its water catchment, basin, or community water source. | L3 | | Leading Technology Practices | Facility uses leading technology practices to cut water use in manufacturing. | L3 | | Science-Based Targets on Water | Facility has set a science-based target for water. | L3 | ### Water Metric Definitions #### Water Source Definitions **Blue water sources:** Fresh surface water and groundwater, such as the water in freshwater lakes, rivers, and aquifers. **Surface water:** Water that occurs naturally on the Earth’s surface, including ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, icebergs, ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, and bogs. Surface water has a low concentration of dissolved solids, is of acceptable quality, or needs minimal treatment for domestic, municipal, or agricultural use. **Groundwater:** Water beneath the soil surface, usually where the water pressure is greater than atmospheric pressure and water mostly fills the underground spaces. Non-renewable groundwater is usually deeper underground and does not refill easily, or refills only over very long periods of time. These sources are sometimes called fossil groundwater. **Municipal blue water:** Water from a municipality or other public provider that comes from blue water sources. **Municipal water (origin unknown):** Water from a municipality or other public provider whose source, blue or grey, is unknown. **Brackish surface water/seawater:** Water with a relatively high salt concentration (over 10,000 milligrams per liter). For comparison, seawater typically has a salt concentration above 35,000 milligrams per liter. Brackish water is saltier than fresh water but not as salty as seawater. Brackish water can form where seawater mixes with fresh water, such as in estuaries, and some human activities can also produce it. Most land plants cannot grow in brackish water. **Condensate from external steam source:** Water from the condensate of steam sources outside the facility. **Rainwater:** Precipitation, such as rain or snow, that the facility collects from roofs or other surfaces and stores for use. **Grey water sources:** Water that human activity, such as industrial or domestic use, has polluted. **Municipal grey water:** Water from a municipality or other public provider that comes from grey water sources. **Recycled water:** Wastewater that is treated with physical, chemical, or other processes until it is clean enough to use again in a process. For example, wastewater that passes through membrane filtration and goes back into the industrial operation is recycled water. Recycled water does not include water cycled in cooling towers or non-contact heat exchange operations. **Reuse water:** Wastewater from one process that goes directly into another process without treatment. Reuse water does not include water cycled in cooling towers or non-contact heat exchange operations. **Treated wastewater from external source:** Wastewater that another manufacturing facility discharges and treats with physical, chemical, or other processes until it is clean enough to reuse in a process. **Untreated wastewater from external sources (treated internally):** Wastewater that another manufacturing facility discharges and that this facility then treats with physical, chemical, or other processes until it is clean enough to reuse in a process. #### % Recycled Water Use Water from all recycled sources divided by total water use. Recycled sources include: - Condensate from External Steam Source - Municipal Grey Water - Recycled Water - Reuse Water - Treated Wastewater from External Source - Untreated Wastewater from External Sources that are Treated Internally **Tip** Use this metric to see the share of recycled water that facilities use and to find ways to use more recycled water in place of water from withdrawn sources. **How it is calculated:** Divide the total liters of water from all recycled sources by the total liters of water use, then multiply by 100. #### % Withdrawal Water Use The percentage of facility water use that is withdrawn from groundwater, municipal blue water, and municipal water of unknown origin. **Tip** Use this metric to see the share of withdrawn water that facilities use and to find opportunities to improve and conserve. **How it is calculated:** Divide the liters withdrawn from groundwater and municipal sources by total water use, then multiply by 100. #### Blue Water Use The total water use from surface water and groundwater sources, such as freshwater lakes, rivers, and aquifers. **Tip** Use this metric to track and report blue water consumption, inform blue water reduction targets, or show how water use changes. **How it is calculated:** Add up the total liters of water use from: - Surface water - Groundwater - Municipal blue water - Municipal water of unknown origin - Brackish surface/seawater - Condensate from external steam source usage - Rainwater #### Grey Water Use The total water use from grey water sources. **Tip** Use this metric to track and report grey water consumption, inform targets, or track how much grey water facilities use in place of blue water. **How it is calculated:** Add up the total liters of water use from: - Municipal grey water - Recycled water - Reused water - Treated wastewater - Untreated wastewater that is internally treated #### Pc-Pair Production Water Intensity Liters of water used per piece or pair produced, for facility types that report production in pieces or pairs. **Tip** Use this metric to put facility water use in context per piece or pair produced. **How it is calculated:** Add up the water used by facility types that report production in pieces or pairs (Finished Product Assembler and Finished Product Processing), then divide by their combined annual production volume in pieces or pairs. #### Kg Production Water Intensity Liters of water used per kilogram produced, for facility types that report production in kilograms. **Tip** Use this metric to put facility water use in context per kilogram produced. **How it is calculated:** Divide the total liters of water withdrawn by these facility types by their total annual production volume: - Finished Product Processing (Product Printing, Product Painting, Product Dyeing, Product Laundering and Product Finishing, Embroidery & Embellishments) - Component / Sub-Assembly Manufacturing (incl Packaging) - Material Production (Raw and intermediate materials are transformed into their final state before assembly) - Raw Material Processing (Raw Materials are processed into intermediate material products) (such as Yarn Spinning) - Raw Material Collection & Bulk Refining (Materials are collected/extracted/farmed and refined to bulk commodity state) Read more about FEM facility types in the [FEM Facility Type to Tier Mapping Reference](https://support.worldly.io/hc/en-us/articles/37087101289371-FEM-Facility-Type-to-Tier-Mapping-Reference?hsLang=en). #### FEM Water Score Score on the FEM water section. If your view has several facilities, the score is the average, with each facility counted once. Production allocation does not affect this score. **Tip** Use this score as a first check of facility water performance. Base strategic decisions on other metrics too, because the water score alone may not give the regional or site-specific detail needed to reduce water use impacts. **How it is calculated:** The average of all water section scores. #### Total Water Use The sum of all water use, in liters. **Tip** Use this absolute value to see how water use changes year over year, or to compare other water use types with the total. **How it is calculated:** The sum of total liters of water used. #### Production Water Use The sum of water used for production processes, in liters. **Tip** Use this metric to see how much water production processes use and to find ways to improve efficiency, reduce use, or conserve water. **How it is calculated:** Add up the total liters of water withdrawn by: - Finished Product Assembler - Finished Product Processing (Product Printing, Product Painting, Product Dyeing, Product Laundering and Product Finishing, Embroidery & Embellishments) - Component / Sub-Assembly Manufacturing (incl Packaging) - Material Production (Raw and intermediate materials are transformed into their final state before assembly) - Raw Material Processing (Raw Materials are processed into intermediate material products) (such as Yarn Spinning) - Raw Material Collection & Bulk Refining (Materials are collected/extracted/farmed and refined to bulk commodity state) Read more about FEM facility types in the [FEM Facility Type to Tier Mapping Reference](https://support.worldly.io/hc/en-us/articles/37087101289371-FEM-Facility-Type-to-Tier-Mapping-Reference?hsLang=en). #### Domestic Water Use The sum of water used for domestic processes, such as in kitchens and restrooms, in liters. **Tip** Use this metric to see how much water domestic processes use and to find ways to improve efficiency. **How it is calculated:** The sum of total liters of domestic water used. 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