Water Footprinting: A Tool to Develop and Manage Water Stewardship for Business

2011 ◽  
pp. 69-82
Author(s):  
Alistair J. Wyness
Keyword(s):  
Water Footprinting

scholarly journals Towards a Region-Specific Impact Assessment of Water Degradation In Water Footprinting

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Finogenova ◽  
Markus Berger ◽  
Lennart Schelter ◽  
Rike Becker ◽  
Tim Aus der Beek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Water Footprint ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Human Toxicity ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Water Footprinting ◽  
Quality Aspects ◽  
Human Health Impacts

Water footprint evaluates impacts associated with the water use along a product’s life cycle. In order to quantify impacts resulting from water pollution in a comprehensive manner, impact categories, such as human toxicity, were developed in the context of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Nevertheless, methods addressing human health impacts often have a low spatial resolution and, thus, are not able to model impacts on a local scale. To address this issue, we develop a region-specific model for the human toxicity impacts for the cotton-textile industry in Punjab, Pakistan. We analysed local cause-effect chains and created a region “Punjab” in the USEtox model using local climate, landscape, and population data. Finally, we calculated human health impacts for the emissions of pesticides from the cotton cultivation and heavy metals from the textile production. The results were compared to that obtained for the region India+ (where Pakistan belongs) provided by USEtox. The overall result obtained for Punjab is higher than that for India+. In Punjab, the dominant pathway is ingestion via drinking water, which contributes to two-thirds of the total impacts. Nevertheless, the USEtox model does not reflect the local cause-effect chains completely due to absence of the groundwater compartment. Since groundwater is the main source for drinking in Punjab, a more detailed analysis of the fate of and exposure to the pollutants is needed. This study demonstrates that a region-specific assessment of the water quality aspects is essential to provide a more robust evaluation of the human health impacts within water footprinting.

Veolia's Water Impact Index, A New Tool for Water Footprinting

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 (6) ◽  
pp. 980-983
Author(s):  
Edwin Pinero ◽  
Jean-Baptiste Bayart ◽  
Frank Bénichou ◽  
Julien Grimaud ◽  
Emmanuelle Aoustin
Keyword(s):  
Water Impact ◽  
Water Footprinting ◽  
Impact Index

Water footprinting and mining: Where are the limitations and opportunities?

2016 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 1098-1116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen A. Northey ◽  
Gavin M. Mudd ◽  
Elina Saarivuori ◽  
Helena Wessman-Jääskeläinen ◽  
Nawshad Haque
Keyword(s):  
Water Footprinting

scholarly journals Application of the water footprinting method and water accounting framework to a base metal refining process

Water SA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayesha Osman ◽  
Frank Crundwell ◽  
Kevin G Harding ◽  
Craig M Sheridan
Keyword(s):  
Base Metal ◽  
Refining Process ◽  
Water Footprinting ◽  
Water Accounting

Status and prospects of life cycle assessments and carbon and water footprinting studies in South Africa

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin G. Harding ◽  
Elena Friedrich ◽  
Henry Jordaan ◽  
Betsie le Roux ◽  
Philippa Notten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Life Cycle Assessments ◽  
Water Footprinting

Water footprinting of agricultural products: evaluation of different protocols using a case study of New Zealand wine

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 159-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indika Herath ◽  
Steve Green ◽  
David Horne ◽  
Ranvir Singh ◽  
Sarah McLaren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Water Footprinting

The availability of life-cycle assessment, water footprinting, and carbon footprinting studies in Brazil

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 1701-1707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael O. Bodunrin ◽  
Nicholas W. Burman ◽  
Joel Croft ◽  
Shaun Engelbrecht ◽  
Taahira Goga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Carbon Footprinting ◽  
Water Footprinting
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