Water

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Information about biofuels and bioenergy and water.

Issues

• Water usage
  • Irrigation
    • Ground water depletion

Resources

• RSB principle on Water

Events

News

• Biofuels, food crops straining world water reserves, 24 August 2008 by AFP: "Burgeoning demand for food to feed the world's swelling population, coupled with increased use of biomass as fuel is putting a serious strain on global water reserves, experts said".
  • Scientists predict that "we will only be able to 'meet food demands by 2050 if we have a much more efficient use of water...That does not include the water we need for all that biomass'".

• China and India face water risk from biofuels - A paper by researchers from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), "Biofuels and implications for agricultural water use: blue impacts of green energy" (PDF file), predicts food and water shortages in China and India associated with increased production of biofuels.
  • The report concludes that "the strain on water resources would be such in China and India that it is unlikely that policy makers will pursue biofuel options, at least those based on traditional field crops." [1]

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