Stymied by Water Footprint Assessment? New Guide Can Help
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Academic
A new handbook is available to help organizations understand how to undertake a water footprint assessment using ISO 14046.
Water availability, both in terms of quantity and quality, is recognized as a key global issue by the United Nations.
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Businesses (both directly and indirectly through their supply chain), communities and customers have started to request quantitative information about how their production processes place pressure on water resources, in order to understand and tackle the issues under their responsibility. Such quantitative information is known as water footprinting.
Water footprinting involves pulling together metrics that quantify the potential environmental impacts related to water, accounting for both water consumption and water pollution as well as considering the influence of location, timing and other relevant information. To address the issues of both water shortages and the pollution of water bodies, it is critical that companies have correct and relevant data.
A preview of the handbook says it helps organizations prepare for and undertake a water footprint assessment using ISO 14046, through practical guidance on not only the main clauses, but also those most open to interpretation.
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Taxonomy
- Water Footprint
- Impact Assessment
- Water Footprint Research
- Consumption
- Impact