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Blue, Green and Grey Water Footprint

On September 14, 2009

A water footprint consists of three components – the blue, green and grey water footprint. The blue water footprint is the volume of freshwater that evaporated from the global blue water resources (surface water and ground water) to produce goods and services consumed by the individual or community. The green water footprint is the volume [...]

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Great Design Explains our Water Footprint

On September 9, 2009

Good design can not only help solve our problems, it can also help teach about them. Designer Timm Kekeritz has created a poster that graphically demonstrates the water footprint of the things that we eat, drink and use. The quantities are enormous. (The poster was also written up in SEED magazine, see [...]

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Freshwater can be obtained by desalinating seawater, so why is water scarce?

On September 6, 2009

Desalination of salt or brackish water can only be a solution for freshwater scarcity in a limited number of applications, not because one cannot obtain the right quality of water for all purposes, but because desalination requires energy, another scarce resource. In fact, desalination is a way of substituting one scarce resource (freshwater) [...]

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Why should we bother about our Water Footprint?

On September 6, 2009

Freshwater is a scarce resource; its annual availability is limited and demand is growing. The water footprint of humanity has exceeded sustainable levels at several places and is unequally distributed among people. Good information about water footprints of communities and businesses will help to understand how we can achieve a more sustainable and [...]

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