On land - 110,000 km 3 On sea - 400,000 km 3 510,000 km 3 from sky each year =110,000 km 3 43,500 km 3 (PET) 3,830 km 3 withdrawn Irrigation: 2,700 km.

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On land - 110,000 km 3 On sea - 400,000 km 3 510,000 km 3 from sky each year =110,000 km 3 43,500 km 3 (PET) 3,830 km 3 withdrawn Irrigation: 2,700 km 3 (70%) 71,500 km 3 Non-agric: 1,200 km 3 (90% returned) Source & Fate of Water

Green water, blue water, grey water… blue green rivers lakes aquifers soil moisture withdrawals Domestic industry returns wastewater surplus irrigation transpiration ocean food products domestic export domestic virtual water rivers virtual water 100% 36% 6.5% 0.1%

GWSP Digital Water Atlas (2008). Map 16: Water Consumption (total) (V1.0). Available online at Global Water Consumption

GWSP Digital Water Atlas (2008). Map 7: Water Stress (V1.0). Available online at Water Stressed Areas Of the World

GWSP Digital Water Atlas (2008). Map 32: Virtual Water Flows between World-Regions (V1.0). Available online at Virtual Water Flows between World Regions

The water footprint Source: Hoekstra and Chapagain Export Equivalent to 4.5 m3 per day

UK’s Agricultural WF and Water Stressed Areas Chapagain, A. K. and S. Orr (2008) UK Water Footprint: The impact of the UK's food and fibre consumption on global water resource, World Wide Fund for Nature

GWSP Digital Water Atlas (2008). Map 15: Water Consumption for Irrigation (V1.0). Available online at Water Consumption for Irrigation

Total Agricultural WF of the UK Contribution of Crops to UK’s Internal & External WF Chapagain, A. K. and S. Orr (2008) UK Water Footprint: The impact of the UK's food and fibre consumption on global water resource, World Wide Fund for Nature

UK’s External Agricultural Water Footprint Chapagain, A. K. and S. Orr (2008) UK Water Footprint: The impact of the UK's food and fibre consumption on global water resource, World Wide Fund for Nature

Tomatoes Cotton Chapagain, A. K. and S. Orr (2008) UK Water Footprint: The impact of the UK's food and fibre consumption on global water resource, World Wide Fund for Nature

Agricultural WF Spain to UK Chapagain, A. K. and S. Orr (2008) UK Water Footprint: The impact of the UK's food and fibre consumption on global water resource, World Wide Fund for Nature

Abstractions across Europe

Water Exploitation Index - Europe

Flood events in Europe European Environment Agency maps/figures/occurrence-of-flood- events-in-europe-1998

Major Drought Events in Europe – last 10 Years European Environment Agency a.eu/data-and- maps/figures/main- drought-events-in- europe

Major threats to Biodiversity