Rank
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Indicator
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9
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Water use per capita
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Used by:
Alberta Treasury
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Data source:
Alberta Department of Environmental Protection
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South Puget Sound - Sustainable Community Roundtable
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Public Works Departments, Cities of Olympia, Lacey and Tumwater
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City of Richmond
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Greater Vancouver Water District
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Healthy City Office - Corporation of the City of Toronto
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City of Toronto, Department of Public Works and the Environment
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Keywords: consumption, resource use, water
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9
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Water level in aquifer wells
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Used by:
Jacksonville Community Council Inc.
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Data source:
Unspecified
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Keywords: aquifer, environment, groundwater, resource consumption, resource use, resources, water, wells
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9
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Residential water consumption
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Comment: Does not include: unknown percentage of population relying on private wells; approximately 20% of county population served by other water systems. Does not reflect summer /winter consumption variation or increase due to increased population.
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Used by:
Sustainable Seattle
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Data source:
Seattle Water Department
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Keywords: residential, resource use, water
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9
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Commerical water consumption
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Used by:
Healthy City Office - Corporation of the City of Toronto
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Data source:
Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, Works Department
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Keywords: commercial, resource use, water
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9
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Gallons of water used daily per person
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Used by:
City of Pasadena
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Data source:
Unspecified
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Keywords: consumption, resource use, resources, water
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9
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Total water consumption
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Used by:
Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Council
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Data source:
Region of Hamilton-Wentworth, Finance Department, Utility Billing Section
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Minnesota Planning
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MN Department of Natural Resources; US Geological Survey
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Keywords: resource use, water
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9
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Water consumption versus total annual precipitation
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Used by:
City of Richmond
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Data source:
Greater Vancouver Water District
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Keywords: availability, natural resources, resource use, water
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8
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Solid waste generation
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Used by:
Alberta Treasury
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Data source:
Alberta Department of Environmental Protection
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Fife Regional Council
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Scottish Abstracts of Statistics, District Councils (Environmental Health Departments)
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Jacksonville Community Council Inc.
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Unspecified
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Minnesota Planning
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MN Pollution Control Agency; Office of Waste Management
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City of Pasadena
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Unspecified
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Pierce County
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Pierce County Public Works and Utilities; WA Office of Financial Management; Puget Sound Regional Council
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South Puget Sound - Sustainable Community Roundtable
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Thurston County Public Works Department
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Sustainable Seattle
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King County SW Division, Seattle SW Utility
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Healthy City Office - Corporation of the City of Toronto
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Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, Works Department
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Willapa Alliance
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WA Department of Ecology
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Keywords: consumption, landfill, resource use, solid waste, waste, yard waste
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8
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Average annual residential electricity consumption
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Used by:
Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Council
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Data source:
Hydro Commissions in Hamilton, Stoney Creek, Dundas, Ancaster and Flamborough
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Keywords: consumption, electricity, energy, resource consumption, resource use
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8
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Total energy consumption
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Used by:
Alberta Treasury
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Data source:
Alberta Department of Energy
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Fife Regional Council
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Scottish Environmental Statistics, 1993
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Minnesota Planning
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MN Department of Public Services; MN Planning, Office of the State Demographics
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Healthy City Office - Corporation of the City of Toronto
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City of Toronto, Department of Public Works and the Environment
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Keywords: energy, resource consumption, resource use
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8
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Percent of harvested forest successfully restocked
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Used by:
Alberta Treasury
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Data source:
Alberta Department of Environmental Protection
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Keywords: economy, ecosystem, environment, forest, habitat, natural resources, renewable, resource consumption, resource use, resources, trees
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8
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Fish species with consumption restricted
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Used by:
Healthy City Office - Corporation of the City of Toronto
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Data source:
Ontario Ministry of the Environment 'Guide to Eating Ontario Sport Fish'
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Keywords: consumption, environment, fish, food, population, protection, resource consumption, species
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8
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Space used at landfill sites annually
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Comment: Not a per capita measurement.
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Used by:
Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Council
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Data source:
Region of Hamilton-Wentworth, Environment Department, Waste Management Division
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Keywords: consumption, landfill, resource use, solid waste, waste
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8
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Electricity consumption from nonrenewables
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Comment: Does not show effect of increased population on energy consumption.
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Used by:
South Puget Sound - Sustainable Community Roundtable
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Data source:
Puget Power
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Keywords: electricity, energy, energy use, resource consumption, resource use
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8
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Materials consumption per capita
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Used by:
Interagency Working Group on Sustainable Development Indicators (IWGSDI)
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Data source:
Minerals Information Team, US Geological Survey, US Department of Interior
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Keywords: consumption, materials, resource use
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8
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Overfished fisheries compared to fisheries not overfished
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Used by:
Interagency Working Group on Sustainable Development Indicators (IWGSDI)
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Data source:
National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration
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Keywords: economy, environment, fish, food, resource consumption, resources
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8
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The growth rate of timber compared to the rate of harvest
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Used by:
Interagency Working Group on Sustainable Development Indicators (IWGSDI)
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Data source:
Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture
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Keywords: renewable, resource consumption, resource use
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7
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Gasoline consumption per capita
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Comment: Does not show effect of increased population on total gasoline consumption.
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Used by:
South Puget Sound - Sustainable Community Roundtable
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Data source:
Unspecified
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Keywords: automobile, car, energy, gasoline, natural resources, resource consumption, resource use, transportation
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7
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Commerical energy consumption per year
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Used by:
Healthy City Office - Corporation of the City of Toronto
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Data source:
To be established
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Keywords: energy, energy use, resource consumption, resource use
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7
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Electricity consumption
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Used by:
Willapa Alliance
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Data source:
Public Utility District Number 2 of Pacific County
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Keywords: electricity, energy, resource use
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7
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Percent of people who say they have enough
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Used by:
Sustainability Institute - Balaton Group
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Data source:
Proposed
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Keywords: connectedness, consumption, society
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7
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Fuel consumption
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Used by:
Sustainable Seattle
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Data source:
WA State Department of Transportation
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Keywords: energy, fuel, resource use
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7
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Per capita consumption of fossil fuel by motor vehicle transport
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Used by:
United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development
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Data source:
proposed
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Keywords: automobile, car, energy, fossil fuel, resource use, vehicle
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6
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Acres of closed shellfish beds
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Used by:
South Puget Sound - Sustainable Community Roundtable
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Data source:
Unspecified
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Keywords: consumption, economy, environment, fish, food, population, resources, shellfish, water, water quality
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6
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Consumption of pesticides
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Used by:
City of Santa Monica
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Data source:
Unspecified
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Keywords: hazardous material, pesticides, resource use
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3
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Retail sales per capita
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Comment: Changed calculation method in 1989 to exclude sales and other taxes and carrying/credit charges.
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Used by:
Community Planning Council of Greenville County
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Data source:
Sales and Marketing Management, 'Survey of Buying Power'; SC State Data Center
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Jacksonville Community Council Inc.
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Unspecified
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Keywords: business, consumption, economic security, economy, income, landfill, retail, sales, solid waste
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3
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Values of key natural resources
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Used by:
Willapa Alliance
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Data source:
WA DOA, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Revenue, and Department of Fish and Wildlife, Dean Runyan and Associates
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Keywords: economy, natural resources, resource consumption, resource use, resources
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1
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Retail sales as a percent of personal income
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Used by:
Pierce County
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Data source:
Department of Labor, Bureau of Economic Analysis; WA Department of Revenue
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Keywords: business, consumption, economic security, economy, income, retail, sales
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