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Research & Policy Analyst. Publications (4) +1. Water Footprint Education To Build Water and Climate Resilient Communities: How Valuing Water Can Help Build Community Resilience. Chapter. Full-text...
Robin Madel is a Policy and Research Analyst for GRACE Communications Foundation’s Water Footprint Calculator.
- How Much Water Do Crops use?
- Water Irrigation Trends
- Crop Productivity and Irrigation Moving East
A new modeling study published in late December, estimated how much water it took to grow 20 different crops that were irrigated with surface water, groundwater and non-renewable groundwater that depleted aquifers — using data from the 3,142 counties across the U.S. that are included in the USGS data. Water use data like these are not typically rep...
The study showed some interesting agricultural water use trends. As noted earlier, we already know that many of the crops that are irrigated are turned into animal feedand it turns out, they also take the most irrigation water. What was new and interesting to learn was how much irrigation has shifted from surface water sources to groundwater source...
In addition to the crop water use estimates discussed above, the modeling also helped illustrate how crop irrigation is distributed throughout the country. As seen in the USGS report, irrigation withdrawals were lower in 2015 than in the past, due to the use of more water-efficient irrigation systems. Yet, even though less water was withdrawn, both...
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May 22, 2012 · Robin Madel. Environmental professional, actor, writer, and photographer. Robin Madel is a Research and Policy Analyst for the GRACE Water and Energy Programs. She has worked in the water and wastewater industry and helped close the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology.
Robin Madel is a research and policy analyst working on water footprints and the connections between water, food, and energy systems.
Aug 24, 2022 · What’s for dinner? Protein — and its large water footprint. Protein-rich foods are an important part of our diets, but not all of them have the same water footprint. By Robin Madel. Published...
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