Incorporating water consumption into crop water footprint: A case study of China's South–North Water Diversion Project

2016 ◽  
Vol 545-546 ◽  
pp. 601-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuhang Wei ◽  
Deshan Tang ◽  
Yifan Ding ◽  
Govindasamy Agoramoorthy
Keyword(s):  
Water Consumption ◽  
Water Footprint ◽  
Water Diversion ◽  
Crop Water ◽  
Water Diversion Project ◽  
North Water

IMPACT OF THE SOUTH-TO-NORTH WATER DIVERSION PROJECT ON GROUNDWATER RESOURCES: A CASE STUDY IN PINGGU BASIN, BEIJING, CHINA

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 2239-2247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guomin Li ◽  
Haizhen Xu ◽  
Ming Li ◽  
Shouquan Zhang ◽  
Yanhui Dong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Water Diversion ◽  
The South ◽  
Water Diversion Project ◽  
North Water ◽  
Beijing China

scholarly journals Impact of Social Factors in Agricultural Production on the Crop Water Footprint in Xinjiang, China

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei Zhang ◽  
Xiaoya Deng ◽  
Aihua Long ◽  
Yang Hai ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Consumption ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Water Footprint ◽  
Water Diversion ◽  
Water Volume ◽  
Agricultural Water ◽  
Crop Water ◽  
Water Conservancy

Irrigation plays an important role in China’s agricultural production, and a reasonable assessment of water resources consumption in agricultural production will contribute to improved agricultural water management practices. The objectives of this study were to analyze variations in the magnitude of the crop water footprint (CWF) in Xinjiang and determine the major factors that influence variation in order to provide proposals for water resources management. The CWF of Xinjiang from 1988 to 2015 was calculated, and the impacts of crop-planting structures, agricultural inputs, and water conservancy projects on agricultural water use were analyzed to evaluate the suitable amount of agricultural water utilization and area of farmland in Xinjiang. Results show that the magnitude of the CWF in Xinjiang significantly increased during the study period. Construction of water conservancy projects greatly facilitated water diversion and had the closest relationship with the growth of CWF. The appropriate water volume and planting area for agriculture in Xinjiang is calculated to be 39.4 billion m3 and 4.3 million ha, respectively, which are 73% and 65% of the current water consumption and cultivated area, respectively. These results can be used as a reference for reducing agricultural water consumption and the farmland area in Xinjiang.

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