Factors Governing Change in Water Withdrawals for U.S. Industrial Sectors from 1997 to 2002

Wang, Hui; Small, Mitchell J.; Dzombak, David A.

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“…Cazcarro et al () studied the technological, structural, and final demand factors that influence water consumption in Spain, identifying household demand and the increase of exports as key explicative drivers. Wang et al () examined the governing factors of water withdrawal trends in the United States between 1997 and 2002. A number of studies have also investigated water use issues in China by undertaking SDA at different spatial scales (Liu et al, ; Yang et al, ; Zhang et al, ; Zhi et al, ).…”

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Socioeconomic Drivers of Global Blue Water Use

Soligno

Malik

Lenzen

2019

Water Resources Research

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The recent intensification of international trade has led to a growing disconnection between consumer demand for goods and services and the water resources that support them. The important role of household demands on the exploitation of distant freshwater resources is widely recognized, yet the different socioeconomic drivers underlying the trends in domestic and foreign water use remain poorly quantified. In this work, the main mechanisms governing the exploitation of domestic and foreign freshwater resources are quantified by undertaking a structural decomposition analysis over the period 1994–2010 in 186 countries. Our results show that growth in affluence has been the main determinant of rising water consumption trends worldwide. There are indications that consumers in developed countries tend to increase their affluence by intensifying the use of foreign water resources. Conversely, affluence growth in developing regions seems to rely on the exploitation of local water resources revealing a significant imbalance among economies. The growth of affluence and population has been only partially offset by improvements in the intensity of blue water use by producers and, to a lesser extent, by changes in the interdependences among sectors.

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Socioeconomic Drivers of Global Blue Water Use

Soligno

Malik

Lenzen

2019

Water Resources Research

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“…However, studies investigating the driving forces of China's water consumption or pollution at national scale have not been conducted. Furthermore, previous water research has focused on assessment of the implication of annual water consumption and pollutants 22 . The present study is a pioneer in quantifying socioeconomic contributions to cumulative water pollution and impact to China's water environment.…”

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Lifting China’s Water Spell

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Hubacek

Tillotson

et al. 2014

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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19China is a country with significant but unevenly distributed water resources. The water 20 stressed north stays in contrast to the water abundant and polluted south defines China's 21 current water environment. In this paper we use the latest datasets and adopt structural 22 decomposition analysis for the years 1992 to 2007 to investigate the driving forces behind the 23 emerging water crisis in China. We employ four water indicators in China, i.e. freshwater 24 consumption, discharge of COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand) in effluent water, cumulative 25 COD and dilution water requirements for cumulative pollution, to investigate the driving 26 forces behind the emerging crisis. The paper finds water intensity improvements can 27 effectively offset annual freshwater consumption and COD discharge driven by per capita 28 GDP growth, but that it had failed to eliminate cumulative pollution in water bodies.

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“…Generally, SDA is a technique for quantifying the determinants of changes in an aggregate indicator over time. [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] are among the studies that ICIES'2020 used SDA to analyze WF drivers. For instance, [21] examined the driving factors of water use trends in the United States.…”

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“…[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] are among the studies that ICIES'2020 used SDA to analyze WF drivers. For instance, [21] examined the driving factors of water use trends in the United States. [9] studied the technological, structural, and final demand effects that influence water use in Spain.…”

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Sectoral water footprint dynamics: An input-output structural decomposition analysis for Morocco

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Over the last decades, Morocco has been facing increasingly severe water scarcity. To quantify water use in Morocco, we refer to the water footprint (WF) concept, including both direct and indirect water use. WF considered covers internal WF and exported virtual water (VW). We used the input-output structural decomposition analysis (SDA) to quantitatively analyze the drivers of changes in Morocco’s sectoral WF from 1995 to 2015. The considered mechanisms governing WF changes are the technological, economic system efficiency, and structural effects. The WF growth experienced in Morocco primarily resulted from final demand changes. The technological effect acted as an additional increase factor. Nevertheless, the economic system efficiency effect contributed to the water conservation process. Unfortunately, it was not sufficient to reverse the expansion of Morocco’s WF resulted from other driving factors. Agriculture is the dominant economic sector in WF changes, regardless of any driving factor and any period considered. The study provides insight into Morocco’s water policy limits and helps develop policies towards sustainable water resources planning and management. That is by suggesting that final demand structure adjustment and technological innovation in the agricultural sector should be at the center of Morocco’s strategies in addressing water scarcity.

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Factors Governing Change in Water Withdrawals for U.S. Industrial Sectors from 1997 to 2002

Cited by 21 publications

References 12 publications

Socioeconomic Drivers of Global Blue Water Use

Socioeconomic Drivers of Global Blue Water Use

Lifting China’s Water Spell

Sectoral water footprint dynamics: An input-output structural decomposition analysis for Morocco

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