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Check copyright status Cite this Title The water footprint assessment manual: Other Authors Hoekstra, Arjen Y. Subjects Water consumption -- Measurement. Water consumption -- Environmental aspects.
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Summary The water footprint is an indicator of water use that looks at both direct and indirect water use of a consumer or producer. Indirect use refers to the 'virtual water' embedded in tradable goods and commodities, such as cereals, sugar or cotton.
The water footprint of an individual, community or business is defined as the total volume of freshwater that is used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual or community or produced by the business. An overview of the global standard on water footprint assessment as developed by the Water Footprint Network.
Provides a comprehensive set of methods for water footprint assessment; shows how water footprints can be calculated for individual processes and products, as well as for consumers, nations and businesses; contains detailed worked examples of how to calculate green, blue and grey water footprints; describes how to assess the sustainability of the aggregated water footprint within a river basin or the water footprint of a specific product; and, includes an extensive library of possible measures that can contribute to water footprint reduction. Goals and scope of water footprint assessment 3. Water footprint accounting 4.
Water footprint sustainability assessment 5. Library of water footprint response options 6.
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Calculating the process water footprint of growing a crop - an example for sugar beet in Valladolid Spain App. Calculating the water footprint of a product - example for refined sugar from Valladolid Spain App. Examples of grey water footprint calculations App. Environmental flow requirements App. Notes Copyright Water Footprint Network, Includes bibliographical references and index. Also available via the World Wide Web.
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Your order is also backed by our In-Stock Guarantee! What makes Biblio different? Sign In Register Help Cart. Search Results Results 1 -6 of 6. The water footprint of an individual, community or business is defined as the total volume of freshwater that is used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual or community or produced by the business.
This book offers a complete and up-to-date overview of the global standard on water footprint assessment as developed by the Water Footprint Network. The method laid out in The Water Footprint Assessment Manual fills an emerging and urgent business need for a means of understanding water consumption in operations and in the supply chain, assessing its sustainability, and devising effective response strategies.
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The impact of any activity, be it economic or social, will have an unprecedented print on water. It is, therefore, critical that policy makers and the public, let alone the political community, are aware of what the water footprint is, how it is established and how it does evolve in time and space. This book is a must for all those who wish to understand why and how water became the single most important commodity humanity has.