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Water footprint – a tool for water
policy analysis
Prof. Arjen Hoekstra
Universiteit Twente / Water Footprint Network
www.waterfootprint.org
The total water footprint of a consumer in Greece
► about 3% of the water footprint is at home.
200 litre/day
► about 47% of the Greek
water footprint lies abroad.
[Mekonnen & Hoekstra, 2011]
► about 97% of the water footprint is ‘invisible’, it is
related to the products consumers buy in the
supermarket.
5800 litre/day for agricultural products
400 litre/day for industrial products
Total WF: 6400 litre/day
The total water footprint of a consumer in Greece
[Mekonnen & Hoekstra, 2011]
- ► Globalization of water
- ► The water footprint concept
- ► Water footprint of nations
- ► What can we do?
Production
Globalization of water
Water consumption and
pollution related to production
for export; water is not factored into
the price of traded commodities
Consumption
Water saving, but also
water dependency
TRADE Trade
Cotton for export
1989 2008
Former Aral Sea, Central Asia
Flowers from Kenya Decline of lake level in Lake Naivasha
[Mekonnen & Hoekstra, 2010]
Calculated lake level
without accounting for
water abstraction
Copper mining
Sacramento Basin, California, USA
Water pollution
The water footprint
concept
► the volume of fresh water used to produce the product,
summed over the various steps of the production chain.
► when and where the water was used:
a water footprint includes a temporal and spatial dimension.
The water footprint of a product
Green water footprint
► volume of rainwater evaporated
or incorporated into product
Blue water footprint
► volume of surface or groundwater
evaporated or incorporated into product
Grey water footprint
► volume of polluted water.
The water footprint of a product
Direct water footprint Indirect water footprint
Green water footprint Green water footprint
Blue water footprint Blue water footprint
Grey water footprint Grey water footprint
Wate
r
consum
ptio
n
Wate
r
pollu
tion
[Hoekstra et al., 2011]
Return flow
Water withdrawal
The traditional
statistics
on water use
Components of a water footprint
Grey water footprint
Process
Freshwater body
Load = Effl ×ceffl Abstr × cact
Substance intake
= Abstr × cact
Substance output
= Effl ×ceffl
Critical load = R (cmax - cnat)
The water footprint
of a product
sugar crops 200 litre/kg
vegetables 300 litre/kg
starchy roots 400 litre/kg
fruits 1000 litre/kg
cereals 1600 litre/kg
pulses 4000 litre/kg
poultry 4000 litre/kg
pork 6000 litre/kg
beef 15000 litre/kg
global averages
[Mekonnen & Hoekstra, 2010]
The water footprint of products
[Hoekstra & Chapagain, 2008]
Food
► 1300 kg of grains
(wheat, oats, barley, corn, dry peas, soybean, etc)
► 7200 kg of roughages
(pasture, dry hay, silage, etc)
Water
► 24000 litres for drinking
► 7000 litres for servicing.
99%
1%
[Hoekstra & Chapagain, 2008]
[Hoekstra & Chapagain, 2008]
Meat versus vegetarian diet
Meat diet kcal/day litre/kcal litre/day
Vegetarian
diet kcal/day litre/kcal litre/day
Animal
origin 950 2.5 2375
Animal
origin 300 2.5 750
Vegetable
origin 2450 0.5 1225
Vegetable
origin 3100 0.5 1550
Total 3400 3600 Total 3400 2300
Animal
origin 350 2.5 875
Animal
origin 200 2.5 500
Vegetable
origin 2350 0.5 1175
Vegetable
origin 2500 0.5 1250
Total 2700 2050 Total 2700 1750
Meat versus vegetarian diet
Meat diet kcal/day litre/kcal litre/day
Vegetarian
diet kcal/day litre/kcal litre/day
Animal
origin 950 2.5 2375
Animal
origin 300 2.5 750
Vegetable
origin 2450 0.5 1225
Vegetable
origin 3100 0.5 1550
Total 3400 3600 Total 3400 2300
Animal
origin 350 2.5 875
Animal
origin 200 2.5 500
Vegetable
origin 2350 0.5 1175
Vegetable
origin 2500 0.5 1250
Total 2700 2050 Total 2700 1750
Water footprint of biofuels from different crops [litre/litre]
[Gerbens-Leenes, Hoekstra & Van der Meer, 2009]
► coherent energy-
water strategies?
Car driving on
bio-ethanol from
sugar beet:
40-210 litre/km
Water footprint of nations
Consumption
Export
Pro
ductio
n
Imp
ort
Internal
water
footprint
External
water
footprint
WF of
national
consumpt.
Water use
for export
Virtual water
import for re-
export
Virtual
water
export
+
+
=
=
WF
within
nation
Virtual
water
import
+ +
= =
Virtual
water
budget
+
+ =
=
National water use accounting framework
The traditional
statistics on
water use, but
then limited to
withdrawals
Water footprint of national consumption
[Mekonnen & Hoekstra, 2011]
Water footprint of national consumption
[Mekonnen & Hoekstra, 2011]
Global average water footprint
► global water footprint
reduction targets?
► a Kyoto
protocol for
water?
National virtual water balances
[Mekonnen & Hoekstra, 2011]
► WTO trade rules?
Annual average monthly blue water scarcity
Number of months with blue water scarcity > 100%
[Hoekstra & Mekonnen, 2011]
► an international
water pricing protocol? ► minimum
water rights?
Virtual water transfers in China
Northwest Northeast
Huang-huai-hai North-central
North China
Yangtze Southeast
Southwest South-central
South China
26
13
13
14
26
13
1310
Import =2
Import =1
Export =2
Import =3
Export =1 Import =8
Import =8
Export =7
Export =9
Import =6
Unit: Gm3/yr
52 Gm3/yr
[Ma et al., 2006; Hoekstra & Chapagain, 2008]
9
4
2
9
22
10
+4
-8 +34
-46
1
13
5
North India
South India
East India
West India
Virtual water flows India
[Kampman et al., 2008]
What can we do?
Consumers or consumer or environmental organizations
push businesses and governments to address water use and
impacts along supply chains.
Some businesses act voluntarily in an early stage, driven by
consumers or investors.
Governments promote businesses in an early phase and
implement regulations in a later phase.
Governments, companies, consultants and accountants use
same standard definitions and calculation methods.
International cooperation, through UN and other institutions.
Water footprint reduction: a shared responsibility
► product labeling?
► certification of industries?
► water disclosure?
► global water footprint reduction targets?
► a Kyoto protocol on water?
► WTO trade rules?
► an international water pricing protocol?
► minimum water rights?
► coherent energy-water strategies?
International water governance
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