Water Conservation Comes of Age-Computing Your Water Footprint

摘要

Water footprinting is an important tool facilities can use to track water usage and determine their effect on the water resources of a region and local area. For a comprehensive analysis, one must consider water usage utilized directly at the facility and indirectly by suppliers. The analysis must also consider water appropriated to remove or dilute pollutants found in discharge streams. Modem water footprints consist of three distinct areas: green, blue, and grey water footprints.