blue water; green water; grey water; water footprint; water LCA; consumed water; used water; produced water; groundwater; water resources; water balance; water scarcity indicators
Abstract :
[en] The following points are addressed:
1) Water resources (global pictures, rivers and aquifers, quantity and quality issues, climate changes impact on the water cycle)
2) Terminology (used, consumed, produced, withdrawn, blue, green, and gray waters)
3) Summary of Water Footprint and water LCA approaches
4) Notion of local water balance
5) Examples with detailed unpacked approaches to figures and indexes
6) Messages to take home
Disciplines :
Geological, petroleum & mining engineering
Author, co-author :
Dassargues, Alain ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Hydrogéologie & Géologie de l'environnement
Language :
English
Title :
Water footprint indicators facing the water cycle complexity
