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Tony MaasFreshwater Director, WWF Canadatmaas@wwfcanada.orgwww.wwf.ca

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Water Footprints Across North America

Canadian Water Summit

Shared physical water

2Source: http://www.transboundarywaters.orst.edu/publications/register/images/northamerica.gif

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Key water-related challenges:

Introduction

Key concepts

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Virtual water – Total volume of water used to produce a commodity at all points along the production chain

Water footprint – Volume of water used to produce the goods and services consumed by inhabitants of a country.

Includes two components:

Internal water footprint – virtual water of content of all goods and services produced and consumed within a country.

External water footprint – virtual water content of all imported goods and services consumed within a country.

International water footprint work

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Water footprint of the average…

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www.pm.gc.ca/eng/pm.asp?featureId=7&pageId=27

www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president-obama/

www.presidencia.gob.mx/oficina-de-la-presidencia/presidente/

6400 L / day

7800 L / day

5400 L / day

Water footprint within and beyond borders

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Internal sufficiency

External dependency

External footprint

Canada 79.3% 21.7%

United StatesChinaIndia

United States 79.8% 20.2%

CanadaChina

Mexico

Mexico 57.5% 42.5%

United StatesCanadaChina

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(Virtual) drops across North America

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Global drivers to local impacts

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South Saskatchewan River

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Shared water risks

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Shared Risk

Corporate• Physical• Reputation• Regulation

Economic value

Government• Phy/bio-physical• Social / economic• Institutional

Political

WWF• Bio-physical• People• Governance

Ecosystem health

Policy considerations

Water allocation and management policy– Reform water policy to ensure both needs for economic

development and water to sustain ecosystem health are satisfied.

Trade agreements– How have / do existing trade agreements (e.g. NAFTA) influenced

virtual water trade and the related watershed impacts?

– How future trade agreements be designed to include virtual water considerations?

Subsidies– How are government subsidies – for agriculture and for other

sectors – influencing virtual water trade and can / should they be reformed to reduce impacts on ecosystem health?

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Water stewardship and the private sector

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Time

Water awareness

Knowledge of Impact

Stakeholder engagement

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Internal action

• Engagement in public policy• Shared implementation of strategies to improve

water management at the basin scale

• Companies, governments and NGO’s engaging in multi-stakeholder platforms to asses issues and develop response strategies

• Companies take action to optimize internal water use while measuring and publicly reporting water quantity and quality

• Detailed understanding of the impact companies and their suppliers have on water resources and river basins

• High level understanding of global water challenges, dependence on fresh water and exposure to water related risks

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15,175Oil cropsCerealsBovine

27,556BovineOil cropsCereals

5,298Oil cropsCerealsBovine

71,063Oil cropsCerealsBovine

18,167Oil cropsStimulantsBovine

513StimulantsOil cropsFruits

Breaking down Canada’s water footprint

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Internal41,549

Internal2,463

Internal13,162

External7,875

External2,280

External4,746

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AgriculturalInternal

16%

Agricultural External

39%

IndustrialInternal

17%

IndustrialExternal

9%

Household water use

19%

Blue AgriculturalInternal

30%

Agricultural External

5%

IndustrialInternal

24%

IndustrialExternal

21%

Household water use

20%

Grey

AgriculturalInternal

84%

Agricultural External

16%

Green

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Brazil413

India812

USA7896

China899 Australia

444

Mexico281

Indonesia217New Zealand

177

Colombia203

Others3560

External Water Footprint of Canada14901 Mm3/yr

India744

China1096

USA67909

Canada5237

Brazil 781

Korea R653

Spain606

Australia495

Argentina602

Others5819

External Water Footprint of Mexico83944 Mm3/yr

Phillippines5911

Mexico13003

Canada25712

China15666 India

9829

Brazil5472

Australia4472

Hondurus3472

Thailand3417

Others71512

Total External Water Footprint of USA166292 Mm3/yr

Canada’s external water footprint

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Brazil413

India812

USA7896

China899 Australia

444

Mexico281

Indonesia217New Zealand

177

Colombia203

Others3560

External Water Footprint of Canada14901 Mm3/yr

Breaking down Canada’s water footprint

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Internal41,549

Internal2,463

Internal13,162

External7,875

External2,280

External4,746

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AgriculturalInternal

16%

Agricultural External

39%

IndustrialInternal

17%

IndustrialExternal

9%

Household water use

19%

Blue AgriculturalInternal

30%

Agricultural External

5%

IndustrialInternal

24%

IndustrialExternal

21%

Household water use

20%

Grey

AgriculturalInternal

84%

Agricultural External

16%

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