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Water replenished through replenishment programs

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Volume of water replenished to the environment through replenishment programs during the reporting period, reported as total volume and volume directed to water-scarce areas.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
m³ — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period
Aggregation
Report total replenished volume and separately the volume directed to water-scarce areas; do not combine the two values.
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Water
Controlled domain
Water and marine resources
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Volume replenished to the environment through the reporting organization's replenishment programs.

Verified source occurrences

Framework coverage

This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.

  • Measurement Authority

    AWS International Water Stewardship Standard

    catchment-water-replenishment
    Publisher
    Alliance for Water Stewardship
    Edition
    Version 3.0, March 2026 (Version 2.0 transition through 22 March 2027)
    Requirement
    Conditional
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    AWS v3 requirements 3.3.2, 3.3.3
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD LEAP approach

    r020
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Version 1.1, October 2023
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    TNFD LEAP Approach v1.1, Annex 1, Table 22, PDF page 162, metric row 5
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    CM.A3.0
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Version 1.0, January 2025
    Requirement
    Recommended
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Page 70, Additional sector metrics table, Impact driver > Resource use/replenishment, CM.A3.0
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD Recommendations

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    September 2023
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Disclosure
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    TNFD Recommendations, September 2023, Annex 2, p. 91, metric A3.1
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD Recommendations

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    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    September 2023
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    Page 91, metric A3.1 | TNFD Recommendations, September 2023, Annex 2, p. 91, metric A3.1
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Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
m³ — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period

Unit meaning: Values use m³ under the disclosed TNFD Recommendations method, period, location and reporting boundary.

Table fields and units

  • reporting period
  • replenishment program
  • geography
  • water-scarcity status
  • water replenished (m³)
  • quantification method or proxy basis

Published dimensions

  • replenishment program
  • geography
  • water-scarcity status: total or water-scarce area
  • direct versus proxy method

Disclosure method

Formula information

Status
Not applicable
Formula type
Structured Disclosure

Disclosure form

No single formula

Report the source-defined result with its stated fields and method disclosures. Annex 2 metric A3.1 specifies a reportable volume outcome with an explicit total-versus-water-scarce-area breakdown. It is an optional additional TNFD metric, not a core-metric acceptance gate. It is distinct from water consumption, withdrawal, discharge, and storage metrics because it measures replenishment-program output.

Verified sources

Evidence and status sources

Sustopedia checked each record-specific claim directly against primary publisher material. Labels distinguish current measurement authority from future compatibility and corroborative, legal, edition, or method status context. Corroborative evidence can support a stated limitation but cannot establish the core measurement by itself.

Measurement evidence

  • Measurement evidenceChecked 27 August 2026

    Recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures

    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    September 2023
    Locator
    TNFD Recommendations, September 2023, Annex 2, p. 91, metric A3.1

    Supports: The official TNFD Recommendations source supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Water replenished through replenishment programs”.

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Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: Recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures, September 2023.

  • Describe the replenishment programs included.
  • Disclose the method, measurement, modelling, estimation, or proxy basis used to quantify replenished volume.
  • State how water-scarce areas were identified and the geographic basis of the classification.

Record-specific limitations

  • Replenished volume is not equivalent to water withdrawal, water consumption, water discharge, or water storage.
  • The source does not prescribe a universal method for determining replenishment volumes or water-scarce areas.
  • Volumes directed to water-scarce areas are a subset dimension and must not be added to total replenished volume.

Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.

Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.