Richard Rushforth
Northern Arizona University | Assistant Research Professor
| Subject Areas: | virtual water; water footprint; water security; food, energy water systems |
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ABSTRACT:
The National Water Economy Database (NWED) quantifies and maps a spatially detailed and economically complete blue water footprint for the United States. NWED utilizes multiple mesoscale federal data resources from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE), and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to quantify water use, economic trade, and commodity flows to construct this water footprint. Results corroborate previous studies in both the magnitude of the U.S. water footprint (F) and in the observed pattern of virtual water flows.
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Created: Oct. 23, 2017, 5:46 p.m.
Authors: Richard Rushforth ยท Benjamin Ruddell
ABSTRACT:
The National Water Economy Database (NWED) quantifies and maps a spatially detailed and economically complete blue water footprint for the United States. NWED utilizes multiple mesoscale federal data resources from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE), and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to quantify water use, economic trade, and commodity flows to construct this water footprint. Results corroborate previous studies in both the magnitude of the U.S. water footprint (F) and in the observed pattern of virtual water flows.