Publication detail

Blue Water Footprint of the Czech Republic

Jia, X., Klemeš, J.J., Varbanov, P.S., Wan Alwi S.R.

Original Title

Blue Water Footprint of the Czech Republic

Type

journal article in Scopus

Language

English

Original Abstract

Water scarcity has been a serious concern as a global issue in various regions around the world. Located in the central Europe, the Czech Republic is also affected by the shortage of water. To improve the understanding of water use at a country level and identify the potential for optimal water management, this study investigated the internal blue water footprint of the Czech Republic from 2013 to 2017 and the national blue water footprint in 2017. Based on the existing method, treated water and water loss, as the water recharged to natural water supply, are considered as an offset of the water footprint. The results showed a slight increase in the internal blue water footprint in 2013 - 2017. The national blue water footprint showed that fossil fuel and paper are the two major imported commodities contributing to virtual water import, and wheat and beer are the major commodities contributing to virtual water export in 2017.

Keywords

Water; Czech Republic; blue water footprint;

Authors

Jia, X., Klemeš, J.J., Varbanov, P.S., Wan Alwi S.R.

Released

30. 10. 2019

Publisher

Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC

ISBN

2283-9216

Periodical

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Number

76

State

Republic of Italy

Pages from

1063

Pages to

1068

Pages count

6

URL

https://www.aidic.it/cet/19/76/178.pdf

BibTex

@article{BUT163308,
  author="Xuexiu {JIA} and Jiří {Klemeš} and Petar Sabev {Varbanov}",
  title="Blue Water Footprint of the Czech Republic",
  journal="Chemical Engineering Transactions",
  year="2019",
  number="76",
  pages="1063--1068",
  doi="10.3303/CET1976178",
  issn="2283-9216",
  url="https://www.aidic.it/cet/19/76/178.pdf"
}