This is a fantastic site, there are papers, brief explanations of the issues, images, data under a creative commons license, and apps to help calculate waterfootprints. It is a decision making tool about a fundamental resource and is a perfect example of science gone public.
Waterfootprint.org:
http://www.waterfootprint.org/?page=files/homeWater Footprint Calculator:
http://www.waterfootprint.org/?page=cal/waterfootprintcalculator_indv
WaterStat Database:
http://www.waterfootprint.org/?page=files/WaterStat-NationalWaterFootprintsPapers etc:
http://www.waterfootprint.org/?page=files/Publications
UK Guardian Map Water Import and Export Map:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/graphic/2012/feb/14/water-footprint-world-map
I extracted a few bits from the site, but it is well worth navigating, and I wonder what Canada would look like within and in the context of NAFTA where water is on the table for sale, and as soon as it is...
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Tracey P. Lauriault
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