Impacts of Silk Garment Production on Water Resources and Environment

Chen, Fangli; He, Wanwen; Tian, Zejun; Wang, Laili

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-45263-6_28

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“…The total water footprint deceases with each mulberry cultivation scenario, while the blue water footprint of 62.8% in the full‐furrow irrigation scenario decreases to 52.3% in the best‐practice scenario of deficit drip irrigation with organic mulching. The total water footprint of this study was higher than that reported by Hogeboom and Hoekstra (2017) because the crop water use depends on the condition of the land, topography, irrigation system, crop method and fertilizer use (Herath et al ., 2014; Xu et al ., 2015; Chen et al ., 2020).…”

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“…But it has to be noted that climatic conditions are not necessarily comparable amongst the studies. The water footprints of silk dressing during reeling, dyeing and finishing and ironing were 1358.57 cubic metric/tonne, 428.77 cubic metric/tonne and 7.15 cubic metric/tonne, respectively (Chen et al, 2020). Kathari et al (2013) estimated that 100 litres of water are needed per kg of raw silk in the reeling process.…”

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Water footprint assessment of handwoven silk production

Wibuloutai

Naowasan

Thanomsangad

2020

Water & Environment J

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The objective of this study was to determine the magnitudes of the water footprints throughout the production chain of silk. This research is divided into two parts: the agriculture of mulberry cultivation and the handwoven silk production process. The research results revealed that the highest water footprint for 2019 was 1710 cubic metric/tonne, which was greater than the highest water footprint for 2018 of 1125 cubic metric/tonne. For the handwoven silk products, the blue water footprint, grey water footprint, and total water footprint were 445,156, and 601 litres/kg, respectively. The water footprint of one silk shirt was calculated backwards from the handwoven silk production process as 376 litres. Thailand, the world’s largest native handwoven silk product exporter must have a strategy to promote the silk industry’s competitiveness on the world market. Policies stating that farmers, entrepreneurs, government agencies and private organisations should be prepared to address eco‐friendly trends for sustainable production and consumption are also recommended.

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