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Environmental Footprints of Water—Concepts, Tools, Importance and Challenges

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The worldwide demand for clean water makes water a vital importance in supply and efficiency in usage for the sustainable future. Rapid industrialization and economy, increases water demand mainly in the field of agriculture and industrial sector. There is vulnerability for the available quality of water due to the climate variability and raising demand. In order to predict the demand of water, footprint assessment techniques and tools are introduced in monitoring greenhouse gases and water flow across the world in last decades. This chapter provides a detail sketch of green, blue, grey water, virtual water and its global trends. The detailed review of water management in energy sectors such as, integration of waste water with water management planning, improvement in cooling systems, development and integration of decision-support tool with weather models and climate, their importance as well as future challenges are explained in detail.

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Senthil Kumar, P., Grace Pavithra, K. (2019). Environmental Footprints of Water—Concepts, Tools, Importance and Challenges. In: Muthu, S. (eds) Environmental Water Footprints. Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2454-3_1

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