Changes in water use structure in Shandong Province in the past 20 years

Abstract

This paper analyzes the changes of water use structure in Shandong Province from 2000 to 2017 in Shandong Province, reveals the driving factors that lead to changes in water use structure. The results show that in the past 20 years, the total water use has firstly increased and then slowly decreased; the agricultural water use has decreased continually; the industrial water has firstly fluctuated and then keeped stable; while the domestic water use and environmental water use has continually increased. The driving factors of water use are agricultural water saving, industrial water saving, population and water consumption per capita growing and landscaping area enlarging.