The IWA Statistics and Economics Specialist Group provides a forum to discuss the financing of water utilities, the water tariff structures, performance indicators, efficiency and economics of water organizations and themes like total cost recovery. A part of this service consists of water surveys and providing statistics on water industry, such as tables and figures on abstraction, consumption, tariffs and data on sewerage and wastewater treatment. The International Statistics for Water Services platform focuses on water consumption of households and small businesses.