The Water Footprint of Biofuels: A Drink or Drive Issue?

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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVFeatureNEXTThe Water Footprint of Biofuels: A Drink or Drive Issue?The water consumption and agrochemical use during biofuel production could adversely impact both availability and quality of a precious resource.R. Dominguez-Faus, Susan E. Powers, Joel G. Burken, and Pedro J. Alvarez*View Author Information Rice University Clarkson University Missouri University of Science and Technology Rice UniversityCite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43, 9, 3005–3010Publication Date (Web):May 1, 2009Publication History Published online1 May 2009Published inissue 1 May 2009https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es802162xhttps://doi.org/10.1021/es802162xnewsACS PublicationsCopyright © 2009 American Chemical Society. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views19632Altmetric-Citations284LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (813 KB) Get e-AlertscloseSupporting Info (1)»Supporting Information Supporting Information SUBJECTS:Bioethanol,Biofuels,Crops,Irrigation,Plant derived food Get e-Alerts