Some water usage has highly questionable counting methodologies.
Like using if a datacenter is using hydroelectric power you count the evaporation from the dam reservoir as "used water".
I'm not an expert but imo correct accounting should really only consider direct consumption. It's very silly when we play games like having petro states have very high carbon footprints even if they don't actually burn the fuel.
Like using if a datacenter is using hydroelectric power you count the evaporation from the dam reservoir as "used water".
I'm not an expert but imo correct accounting should really only consider direct consumption. It's very silly when we play games like having petro states have very high carbon footprints even if they don't actually burn the fuel.