Virtual water

ISSUES

Virtual Water Exposes the Real Problem

Quantification of water consumption is generally limited to what can be described as direct or apparent consumption, and represents water collected and extracted by the relevant country in order to satisfy various needs, generally shared between consumption for domestic and urban use, agriculture, industry and energy production. This approach, however, does not facilitate understanding or evaluation of the impact of a country on water resources. Indeed, it is likely to import goods and services that will be consumed there by its inhabitants, and export other goods and services that will be consumed by the inhabitants of other countries. A certain amount of water is linked to these goods and services that was consumed during their production. A small amount of this water may have been included in the final product, but the majority has generally evaporated or been disposed of, changed in quality, in the producing country.
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SWITZERLAND - GENEVA - The UN's climate science panel acknowledged on Wednesday that a grim prediction on the fate of Himalayan...

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - Entre 1980 et 2005, les Américains sont parvenus à réduire leur consommation d’eau de 5% alors que la population des...

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DEBATES

Climate Change and Water Security

Project Syndicate

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently released alarming data on the consequences of global warming in some of...

Farmers losing to cities

Water conflicts among countries dominate the headlines. But...

FOCUS

-The water circle

The water cycle, along with the carbon cycle, is an essential requirement for every form of life. Water is present within the cells of our bodies, and even at this level it is in perpetual motion. It is water that gives the cell its volume, allows it to breathe, and to...

VIDEOS

04/05/2009

L’eau demeure une ressource rare. Le WWF propose un récapitulatif des...

03/03/2009

Combien dépensons-nous réellement d'eau tous les jours ? Au-delà de l'eau...

GREEN TIPS

The double life of wastewater

California now has the largest water purification plant in the world to make waste water fit for consumption....

INDICATORS

Water consumption

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