Water Footprint Assessment Manual
People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but significantly more for producing things such as food, paper and cotton clothes. The water footprint is an indicator of water use that looks at both direct and indirect water use of a consumer or producer. Indirect use refers to the ''virtual water'' embedded in tradable goods and commodities, such as cereals, sugar or cotton. The wate...
People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but significantly more for producing things such as food, paper and cotton clothes. The water footprint is an indicator of water use that looks at both direct and indirect water use of a consumer or producer. Indirect use refers to the ''virtual water'' embedded in tradable goods and commodities, such as cereals, sugar or cotton. The wate...
