Modeling study
2018
Open access
The water footprint of water conservation using shade balls in California
Erfan Haghighi, Kaveh Madani, Arjen Y. Hoekstra · Nature Sustainability (2018)
Key finding (our summary)
Assesses the water footprint of the Los Angeles shade-ball deployment, finding the water used to manufacture the balls is large enough that they must remain in place for years before net water savings are realised.
Assesses the water footprint of the Los Angeles shade-ball deployment, finding the water used to manufacture the balls is large enough that they must remain in place for years before net water savings are realised.
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