The added value of Water Footprint Assessment for national water policy: A case study for Morocco

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Schyns, Joep F ^a   Hoekstra, Arjen Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WASTE WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; EVAPORATION; FLUID INTAKE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MOROCCO; NATIONAL WATER POLICY; POLICY; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER BASIN; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER FOOTPRINT ASSESSMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; CHEMISTRY; CROP; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; POLLUTION; RIVER; STANDARDS; WASTE WATER;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; MOROCCO; NITRATES; POLICY; RIVERS; WASTE WATER; WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84903397461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099705     Document Type: Article

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