Tingli An

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the water footprint of coal and power production and quantified the flow of virtual water arising from the transport of energy products, and they found that water-saving measures alone are not sufficient to relieve the water shortage and to guarantee water security.

TL;DR: This study quantitatively analyzed the evolution trend of water footprint (WF) of major crops and energy products in Northwest China from 2000 to 2015 and revealed the virtual water (VW) transfer pattern with commodity trade and its water resource stress caused by thevirtual water output.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper simulated the inter-provincial virtual water flow embedded in grain transportation based on a linear optimization model and assessed the water pressure induced by virtual water flows, finding that the virtual water outflow in North China will severely exceed the local water resources capacity in the arid and semi-arid areas and have an obvious negative impact on sustainable development in Northern China.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the water security status and proposed the countermeasures, and calculated the total water consumption of the energy products focusing on coal mining and coal-fired electricity generation.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors calculated the water footprint of coal and coal-fired electricity products in seven regions all over China and established a theoretical system to analyse the virtual water flow regime associated with the coal and electricity trade.