Water (Scarcity) Footprint

Introduction - WFN or ISO 14046

ISO 14046 (LCA) based WSF (AWARE)

AWARE and its CFs

  • native CFs (regionalized, watershed-level)
  • country-level CFs

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    LCIA related to water

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    End of Module 1

    Take home message:

  • WFN based Water Footprint
  • ISO 14040/14046 based Water Scarcity Footprint

    • References

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    Hoekstra AY (ed.) (2002). Virtual water trade : Proceedings of the International Expert Meeting on Virtual Water Trade

    Hoekstra AY et al. (2011). The Water Footprint Assessment Manual. Setting the Global Standard. https://waterfootprint.org/media/downloads/TheWaterFootprintAssessmentManual_2.pdf

    Hoekstra AY, Mekonnen MM, Chapagain AK, Mathews RE, Richter BD (2012) Global Monthly Water Scarcity: Blue Water Footprints versus Blue Water Availability. PLoS ONE 7(2): e32688. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032688

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