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Water Footprint

Assessment and Case Studies

  • Highlights the identification and quantification of water trade, the scarcity, and pollution in the production of goods and services
  • Presents an interesting case study on bottle water footprint from the winery sector
  • Discusses the case study of water footprint from fossil energy products using mixed unit input-output model
  • Includes interesting case studies on agriculture, leather and textile sectors

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Verifiable Water Use Inventory Using ICTs in Industrial Agriculture

    • Carmen M. Flores-Cayuela, Rafael González-Perea, Emilio Camacho-Poyato, Pilar Montesinos
    Pages 1-34
  3. Industrial Water Footprint: Case Study on Textile Industries

    • P. Senthil Kumar, S. M. Prasanth, S. Harish, M. Rishikesh
    Pages 35-60
  4. A Model for the Assessment of the Water Footprint of Gardens that Include Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS)

    • Mª Desirée Alba-Rodríguez, Rocío Ruíz-Pérez, M. Dolores Gómez-López, Madelyn Marrero
    Pages 61-102
  5. From Field to Bottle: Water Footprint Estimation in the Winery Industry

    • Melody Blythe Johnson, Mehrab Mehrvar
    Pages 103-136
  6. Water Footprint in Leather Tanning and Steel Production

    • P. Senthil Kumar, P. Tsopbou Ngueagni, E. Djoufac Woumfo, Kilaru Harsha Vardhan
    Pages 137-156
  7. Employing Input-Output Model to Assess the Water Footprint of Energy System

    • Li Chai, Aixi Han, Xianglin Yan, Sai Ma
    Pages 157-185

About this book

This book highlights the concept of water footprint in different industrial sectors such as leather tanning, steel, agriculture, textile and wine. One of the very basic necessities of life which is soon going to be scarce is water, hence the environmental footprint assessments on any scale essentially includes water footprint which is being measured in various supply chains and across different product categories. According to ISO 14046, the water footprint assessment refers to the total freshwater volume consumed and polluted directly or indirectly across a product’s end-to-end supply chain. This book presents, for industry purposes, the focus on identification and quantification of water trade, the scarcity, and pollution involved in the production of goods and services.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Head of Sustainability, SgT Group and API, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu

About the editor

Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu currently works for SgT Group as Head of Sustainability, and is based out of Hong Kong. He earned his PhD from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and is a renowned expert in the areas of Environmental Sustainability in Textiles & Clothing Supply Chain, Product Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Product Carbon Footprint Assessment (PCF) in various industrial sectors. He has five years of industrial experience in textile manufacturing, research and development and textile testing and seven years of experience in life cycle assessment (LCA), carbon and ecological footprints assessment of various consumer products. He has published more than 75 research publications, written numerous book chapters and authored/edited over 85 books in the areas of Carbon Footprint, Recycling, Environmental Assessment and Environmental Sustainability.

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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