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Average annual and monthly Water Scarcity

Description and source
The borders of this map do not necessarily represent views of WWF
Description:
Annual average of the twelve monthly blue water scarcity values per basin, equally weighted. Blue water scarcity is defined as the ratio of blue water footprint (based on consumption rather than withdrawal) to blue water availability – where the latter is taken as natural runoff minus environmental flow. Blue water resources are surface water and ground water. 1996-2005.
Source:
Hoekstra, A.Y., Mekonnen, M.M., Chapagain, A.K., Mathews, R.E. and Richter, B.D. (2012) Global monthly water scarcity: Blue water footprints versus blue water availability, PLoS ONE 7(2)
Link:
http://www.waterfootprint.org/Reports/Hoekstra-et-al-2012-GlobalMonthlyWaterScarcity.pdf
#Indicator Pollution Indicator New weighting for in new map.\
5 Soil Salinisation 11%
6 Nitrogen Loading 13%
7 Phosphorus Loading 13%
8 Mercury Deposition 9%
9 Pesticide Loading 13%
10 Sediment Loading 12%
11 Organic Loading 17%
12 Potential Acidification 7%
13 Thermal Alteration 7%

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