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Published by Markus Pahlow, University of Canterbury - Senior Lecturer
Maybe this is useful:
Mekonnen, M.M. and Hoekstra, A.Y. (2014) Water footprint benchmarks for crop production: A first global assessment, Ecological Indicators, 46: 214-223.
waterfootprint.org/media/downloads/Mekonnen-Hoekstra-2014-WF-benchmarks_1.pdf
And some info related to water footprint in the industry:
Hoekstra, A.Y. (2015) The water footprint of industry, In: Klemeš, J.J. (ed.) Assessing and measuring environmental impact and sustainability, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, UK, pp. 221-254. [request copy]
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Thank you so much for this very helpful and current report from Twente, Markus! Just learned from someone else that, while there are water footprints, the quality of water (polluted and/or unstructured) vs. structured (near pure) can have a significant impact on the water required for the same yield. Not sure how this will impact benchmarks, but it's great motivation to clean up polluted waterways!
Published by Mary Conley Eggert, Employee at Global Water Works