scholarly journals A CASE STUDY FOR WATER FOOTPRINT ASSESSMENT OF A DENIM PRODUCT

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 142-147
Author(s):  
V. Sülar ◽  
B. Soy ◽  
K. Yağci
Keyword(s):  
Water Consumption ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Human Factor ◽  
Water Footprint ◽  
Functional Unit ◽  
Inventory Analysis ◽  
Huge Amount ◽  
Apparel Production ◽  
Finishing Processes

The awareness of the fact that the leading cause of the bad environmental conditions in our world is the human factor, has been increasing in recent years. This awareness enables people, companies, and organizations to decrease water consumption, to decrease carbon emission, to decrease using harmful chemicals, consequently people who are aware of global warming and depletion of resources are taking actions to save our planet for a sustainable life. Textile is one of the big sectors affecting the environmental pollution in a very bad way. For that reason, the present water footprint research was conducted on textiles and a denim company was especially chosen to examine the water footprint because of denim sector’s being one of the biggest polluters and wasting water in a huge amount in the textile industry. Firstly, the limits of the research were obtained as finishing operations under the scope of water footprint. The production steps and wastewater occurring points were obtained carefully for different denim finishing processes. After that stage, personal water consumption during denim apparel production was examined in detail. To create a good inventory analysis, many meetings were performed, and a survey was prepared to collect the data about wastewater of the company. By the help of this water footprint evaluation, the processes that create the most wastewater and the distribution of water footprint according to processes and other sources that cause water consumption were determined for one pair of denim trouser accepted as a functional unit in the context of the research.

scholarly journals Decoupling Water Consumption and Environmental Impact on Textile Industry by Using Water Footprint Method: A Case Study in China

Water ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Li ◽  
Linyi Lu ◽  
Yingxi Tan ◽  
Laili Wang ◽  
Manhong Shen
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Water Consumption ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Water Footprint

scholarly journals Water footprint assessment of viscose staple fiber garments

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiran Qian ◽  
Juxiang Zhu ◽  
Fangli Chen ◽  
Xiang Ji ◽  
Xiaopeng Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Water Consumption ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Water Footprint ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Environmental Load ◽  
Staple Fiber ◽  
Wastewater Discharge ◽  
Finishing Processes

Abstract The viscose fiber industry forms a large part of the textile industry and is a typical water consumption and wastewater discharge industry. As a tool to quantify environmental impacts in terms of water resources, the water footprint assessment (WFA) is a control method for the textile and apparel industry to measure water consumption and wastewater discharge. In this study, the water footprints of viscose staple fiber blouses and blended men's suits were comprehensively evaluated based on the ISO 14046 standard and the life cycle assessment (LCA) polygon method. The WFA results from our study indicate that the production stage of viscose staple fiber garments has the most significant water resource environmental load. Specifically, the water footprint related to the production of viscose staple fiber for three types of clothing accounted for more than 50% of the total water footprint, with men's 100% viscose staple fiber suits having the largest impact on water resources and the environment. Furthermore, our results indicate that the water alkaline footprint is primarily influenced by the viscose staple fiber production as well as the dyeing and finishing processes. NaOH and Na2CO3 are the main pollutants that caused the water alkaline footprint. In addition, the water ecotoxicity footprint was the major driving factor of water resource environmental load. Zn2+ is the main pollutant that caused the water ecotoxicity footprint.

WATER FOOTPRINT OF TEXTILE INDUSTRY: A CASE STUDY OF CHINA

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-245
Author(s):  
Laili Wang ◽  
Fangli Chen ◽  
Yuelei Shen ◽  
Sisi Liu ◽  
Yiduo Yang
Keyword(s):  
Textile Industry ◽  
Water Footprint

scholarly journals Water Footprint Assessment of Rice Production in Malaysia Using LCA Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurfarhain Mohamed Rusli ◽  
Zainura Zainon Noor ◽  
Shazwin Mat Taib ◽  
Pang Chien Han
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Water Consumption ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Water Footprint ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Inventory Analysis ◽  
Milled Rice ◽  
Formidable Challenge

The demand for rice in year 2030 is projected to be around 533 million ton of milled rice and known to be a high water consuming crop. In Asia alone, irrigated rice consumes as much as 150 billion m3 of water. With water being the most important component for rice production, yielding more rice with less water is therefore a formidable challenge.  The aim of this study is to assess the water footprint of paddy plantation at Muda Rice Granary, Kedah for five consecutive years; 2012 to 2016. By using the life cycle assessment (LCA) approach, the potential environmental impacts due to water consumption in planting and processing rice will be assessed. By integrating water footprint with LCA may assist in analysing environmental impacts associated with direct and indirect water consumption throughout the whole process; starting from raw material extraction, processing or production, distribution, use, and disposal. The methodological framework follows the LCA framework; setting up goal and specifying the scope of study, followed by inventory analysis, water footprint sustainability assessment and finally interpretation or response formulation. The research boundary for this study include the growing phase of paddy; seedling and cultivating of the paddy until the rice milling process. By implementing this water footprint research in paddy field, it will be essential not only in research area but also in agricultural development in Malaysia. Consequently, it will become the baseline for other agricultural in Malaysia in this research area.

scholarly journals Water Footprint Assessment of Thai Banana Production

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 151-156
Author(s):  
Cheerawit Rattanapan ◽  
◽  
Weerawat Ounsaneha
Keyword(s):  
Water Consumption ◽  
Water Footprint ◽  
Green Water ◽  
Blue Water ◽  
Grey Water ◽  
Banana Production ◽  
Banana Industry ◽  
The One ◽  
Banana Plantation

The aim of this research was to assess the water footprint level of Thai banana production. Firstly, the water consumption inventory of banana production was developed. The water consumptions in the banana farms and a case study of banana industry were collected based on the inventory. The results showed that the water consumption of banana plantation was 842.02 m3 including 443.50 m3 of green water, 398.52 m3 of blue water and not found grey water. Moreover, 1638.59 m3/rai was found in the one rai of banana plantation consisted of 863.06 m3/rai of green water and 775.53 m3/rai of blue water. From the finding of this study, the reduction approach of water footprint for banana production should be the reduction of watering the plant in the process of banana growing.

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