WATER TYPES

ESPM 15 MODULE 2

Virtual Water

Water embedded in food from water-rich nations that is traded to compensate for local water scarcity

Water Withdrawals

Liquid water taken from surface water bodies of groundwater stocks (only part of it is evapotranspired)

Blue Water

Liquid water in rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and groundwater aquifers that is potentially available to society

Water Footprint

The total volume of fresh water used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual or community or produced by the business

Green Water

Water in soil available to plants and soil microorganisms that can exert the suction required for extraction

Grey water

Recycled water

Water Consumption

Liquid water that is evapotranspired (it cannot be reused downstream). We need to wait for that water to turn into precipitation.

Enviromnetal FLows