A spatially detailed blue water footprint of the United States economy

Rushforth, Richard R.; Ruddell, Benjamin L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3007-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3007-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3007-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 5

Research article

|

22 May 2018

Research article |

| 22 May 2018

A spatially detailed blue water footprint of the United States economy

Richard R. Rushforth and Benjamin L. Ruddell

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3007-2018-supplement

Data sets

National Water Economy Database, version 1.1 R. Rushforth and B. Ruddell https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.84d1b8b60f274ba4be155881129561a9

Short summary

The National Water Economy Database is a new data resource to better understand the human economy's water use impact on the hydrosphere. NWED quantifies and maps a spatially detailed and economically complete blue water footprint for the United States, utilizing several datasets: US Geological Survey, the US Department of Agriculture, the US Energy Information Administration, the US Department of Transportation, the US Department of Energy, and the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.