Water scarcity in Brazil: part 1—regionalization of the AWARE model characterization factors
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Current water use assessment methods in LCA have problems accurately reflecting local conditions.
“These include the ability to accurately reflect local conditions (Northey et al., 2018;Kaewmai et al., 2019;Andrade et al., 2020;Sanchez-Matos et al., 2023);”
From Life cycle assessment and water use impacts of lithium production from salar deposits: Challenges and opportunities (2024) · cites this paper as Andrade et al., 2020
AWARE is valuable for assessing and comparing projects in a global context, but its underlying models have limited resolution so may not accurately reflect local fresh water scarcity and impacts.
“AWARE is valuable for assessing and comparing projects in a global context, but underlying models have a limited resolution so may not accurately reflect local fresh water scarcity and impacts (Northey et al., 2018;Kaewmai et al., 2019;Andrade et al., 2020;Sanchez-Matos et al., 2023).”
From Life cycle assessment and water use impacts of lithium production from salar deposits: Challenges and opportunities (2024) · cites this paper as Andrade et al., 2020
Studies have modified AWARE input data, and sometimes calculations, to better reflect local conditions and potential impacts.
“Studies have been conducted that modify AWARE input data, and sometimes calculations, to better reflect local conditions and potential impacts (Ansorge and Beránková, 2017;Kaewmai et al., 2019;Andrade et al., 2020;Sanchez-Matos et al., 2023).”
From Life cycle assessment and water use impacts of lithium production from salar deposits: Challenges and opportunities (2024) · cites this paper as Andrade et al., 2020
In the São Francisco region, the AWARE CF increased from 2.6 to 37.7 for AWARE BR CF.
“For example, in the São Francisco region, the AWARE CF increased from 2.6 to 37.7 for AWARE BR CF.”
From Life cycle assessment and water use impacts of lithium production from salar deposits: Challenges and opportunities (2024) · cites this paper as Andrade et al. (2020)
Andrade et al. (2020) found WaterGAP overestimated fresh water availability and underestimated demand in different basins, and the use of AWARE BR CFs led to improved, but often very different WSF results.
“They found WaterGAP overestimated fresh water availability, and underestimated demand in different basins, and the use of AWARE BR CFs led to improved, but often very different WSF results.”
From Life cycle assessment and water use impacts of lithium production from salar deposits: Challenges and opportunities (2024) · cites this paper as Andrade et al. (2020)
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- Authors
- Andrade, E. P., de Araújo Nunes, A. B., de Freitas Alves, K., Ugaya, C. M. L., da Costa Alencar, M., de Lima Santos, T., da Silva Barros, V., Pastor, A. V., & de Figueirêdo, M. C. B.
- Affiliations
- Universitat Rovira i Virgili (ES)
- Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (BR)
- University of Lisbon (PT)
- Corresponding author
- Andrade, Edilene Pereira
- Venue
- The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
- Published
- 2019-06-04
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 2342-2358
- ISSN
- 0948-3349 (ISSN-L)
- 1614-7502
- OpenAlex
- W2948986958
- Cited by
- 45
- References
- 14
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 1.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Licence
- Locations
- The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment (publishedVersion)
- LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Water Resources and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Ocean Engineering › Water resources management and optimization
- Keywords
- water scarcity, characterization factors, regionalization, Brazil, hydrographic units, hydrographic regions, WaterGAP, water availability, water demand, semi-arid region, Cucumis melo, life cycle impact assessment
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