Water footprint of products

Feel free to download this poster. It visualises the water footprint of twelve selected commodities. You can print the poster at A3-format (0.3MB) and use it for any non-commercial purpose. The poster has been designed by Timm Kekeritz, Berlin. A larger poster showing more products (A0-format) can be ordered through Kekeritz’s website www.virtualwater.eu. Here you can also get a corresponding iPhone application.
 

Water footprint of nations

Scientific American produced this nice graphic for their June-2012 issue, based on water footprint and virtual water trade data from The Water Footprint of Humanity. China, India and the US are the largest water consumers. For most countries, consumption of cereals and meat gives the largest contribution to the water footprint of people.
 

Virtual water flows between nations

The Guardian designed this nice map showing international virtual water flows and virtual water balances of all countries in the world. The data were derived from the article The Water Footprint of Humanity by Hoekstra and Mekonnen (2012).
 

Water footprint of daily life

The poster shows the water footprint of daily life and options for reduction. It was designed by Good Transparency. Water volumes are expressed in gallons.
 

Water footprint awareness

This is an excerpt from a poster that was produced by WFN-partner The Nature Conservancy. Click on the picture on the left to view the full poster.
 

Water footprint of growing crops

This graphic is one in a nice series of footprint infographics developed by WFN-partner Best Foot Forward.
 

Interactive maps

Try out this interactive map to view the water footprint per inhabitant for 132 nations. The size of the drop visualises the volume of the annual water footprint per person. The map has been designed by Angela Morelli, Italian designer living in London. At www.angelamorelli.com you can find more of Morelli’s designs.
 

Water footprint poster

This poster was designed by US Infrastructure and shows a map with the water footprint of national consumption by country, based on data published in the book Globalization of Water by Hoekstra and Chapagain (2008). The poster also shows the dependency of some countries on external water resources and the water footprints of a few typical food items.
 

Pocket guide to reducing your water footprint

To assemble your pocket guide, download and print the picture, cut along the outer black line, then fold on the dotted lines. With thanks to the University of Minnesota.
 

Blue & grey water footprint of industry in Asia

This visual was prepared by GRID-Arendal and UNEP’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and published in The Environment & Poverty Times in 2012.
 

The Globalisation of Virtual Water Flows

This infographics is prepared by ATi UK, which highlights the globalisation of virtual water flows and breaks down the activities of the top 5 net importers and exporters of virtual water. It also presents where in the world water is being saved as a result of trade and related virtual water flows. http://www.atiuk.com/blog/virtual-water-flows.



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