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Clean water and sanitation - Goal 6

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Indicator 6.4.2: Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources

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Proxy indicator: The City of Los Angeles has very little available freshwater resources within City boundaries. This proxy indicator shows the distribution of L.A.’s water supply sources.

Water supply sources

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This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from City of Los Angeles statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Angeleno statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Angeleno-specific metadata information.

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Water supply sources
Indicator description
Local target

Source 70% of L.A.’s water locally and capture 150,000 acre ft/yr of stormwater by 2035 Recycle 100% of all wastewater for beneficial reuse by 2035 - L.A.’s Green New Deal Sustainable City pLAn
Geographical coverage

City of Los Angeles
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WCCD/ISO 37120 Indicators on City Data Alignment
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This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name

Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources
Indicator number

6.4.2
Target name

By 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity
Target number

6.4
Global indicator description
UN designated tier

1
UN custodian agency

FAO
Link to UN metadata United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Metadata (pdf 428kB) opens in a new window
Organisation

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP)
Periodicity
Earliest available data
Geographical coverage

City of Los Angeles
Link to data source 2015-2020 LADWP Briefing Books opens in a new window
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