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The Water Footprint Assessment Manual: Setting the Global Standard

by Maite M. Aldaya , Ashok K. Chapagain , Arjen Y. Hoekstra
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781849712798
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 204
  • Original Price: GBP 155.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 540 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Public Policy / Environmental Policy

People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but significantly more for producing things such as food, paper and cotton clothes. 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.

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. More specifically it:

  • 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
  • includes an extensive library of possible measures that can contribute to water footprint reduction.

Arjen Y. Hoekstra is Professor in Water Management at the University of Twente, the Netherlands; creator of the water footprint concept and Scientific Director of the Water Footprint Network

Ashok K. Chapagain was an irrigation engineer in Nepal for more than a decade, worked as a researcher at the University of Twente, and currently works for the WWF in the UK

Maite M. Aldaya works as a consultant for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and is a researcher at the Water Footprint Network

Mesfin M. Mekonnen was an energy expert at the Ministry of Mines and Energy in Ethiopia, and is currently a PhD student at the University of Twente

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