Water footprint as a sustainable water use indicator in spring area of pantanal biome, Brazil

Authors

  • Eliane Aparecida Antunes Fagundes Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
  • José Dantas Neto Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
  • Vicente Paulo Rodrigues Silva Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
  • Domingos Sávio Barbosa Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
  • Vera Lúcia Antunes Lima Universidade Federal de Campina Grande

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/2179460X35060

Keywords:

, water resources, gray footprint, agrochemicals, water consumption, sustainability

Abstract

Water footprint (WF) is an indicator of fresh water consumption that considers in its calculation the used water volume during the production process. The research objective was to evaluatecotton, corn and soybean crops WF at the São Lourenço-MT sub-basin area. The water consumption was quantified in Green Water Footprint (WFGreen) and Gray Water Footprint (WFGray). The WFGreen of each crop was calculated by the evapotranspiration value throughout the crop growing period. The WFGray was counted separately for a group of nine agrochemicals. In the current scenario there is sustainability in the sub-basin of the São Lourenço river, but with the agricultural current area expansion rate, in 2025 there will be no such sustainability.

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Fagundes, E. A. A., Dantas Neto, J., Silva, V. P. R., Barbosa, D. S., & Lima, V. L. A. (2022). Water footprint as a sustainable water use indicator in spring area of pantanal biome, Brazil. Ciência E Natura, 42, e67. https://doi.org/10.5902/2179460X35060 (Original work published June 29, 2020)

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