The industrial development of water shortage areas
should pay great attention to the effects of water resources
and take the water resources conditions into their industrial
chosen, which needs to establish a unified analytical
framework for industrial economical systems and water
resource systems. The input-output analysis of water
resources is a scientific and comprehensive method to study
the relationship between industrial development and water
resources consumption. And the basic work is to establish
the regional water input-output table. In practice, due to the
lack of statistical data, we may have to take a comparatively
normal approach to obtain the water consumption data of
each industrial sector and establish the regional input-output
model of water resources. The industrial direct water
consumption coefficient reflects the industrial own demands
for water, however, the total water consumption coefficient
really reflects the addition of the whole industrial economic
system by the industrial development, which presents the
water consumption multiplier effect of the industry.
Different industries take different measures to direct and
total water consumption coefficient. Therefore, the industry
development in water shortage areas should take good
advantage of the input-output analysis method, accurately
determine the water consumption characteristics of the
industry and formulate reasonable industrial development
strategy. Finally, it should be clarified that the analysis of
this paper is based on the assumption that water resources
are homogeneous, and the water quality problems are not
included in this analysis framework, which makes the
inadequacies of this article and also a direction for further
research.