Chevron recognizes the value of fresh water as a fundamental social, environmental and economic resource. As a global company, we know that access to sufficient sources of water, including fresh water and water of lower quality, is essential for the communities where we operate as well as for our ability to produce energy around the world. As users of this critical natural resource, we must manage it responsibly. This includes improving our water-use efficiency and continuing our focus on managing water-related social and environmental impacts.
In 2010, we developed a corporatewide freshwater management initiative focused on water risk assessment and management over the life cycle of our assets. A key part of that initiative includes adopting and publishing our Freshwater Position Statement, which communicates our commitment to responsible management of freshwater resources. The initiative focuses on improving our local-water risk identification and management efforts through water-mapping tools and metrics. We recently expanded our freshwater initiative to incorporate nonfresh sources and beneficial reuse of wastewater streams. In addition, we have continued to look for accurate ways of measuring our performance. Over the past five years, we have incorporated water-related metrics, including collecting data on the amounts of fresh and nonfresh water drawn from the environment and recycling water for onsite use. In 2014, we added total water consumed to our corporate metrics, in alignment with the IPIECA Reporting Standard. You can track our performance against a number of these metrics here.