Water statistics - Years 2020-2024

On the occasion of the World Water Day, established by the United Nations in 1992 and celebrated on 22 March, Istat published an integrated analysis on the topic. The information provided refers to various surveys, therefore the most recent data is available for different years.

In 2022, in some areas of the Country there was still a high fragmentation in public water services management.

In 2023, water rationing measures were adopted in one-third of the provincial/metropolitan capitals cities in Southern Italy (14 municipalities).

In 2022, a quarter of the total national environmental expenditure was spent for wastewater services.

In 2022, natural mineral waters withdrawals for production purposes showed a slight decrease compared to the previous year (-0.8%).
In the agrarian year 2019/2020, self-supplied water was used for more than onethird of the irrigated areas.