What is meant by virtual water?

Since the 1990s, the term "virtu?al water" has been used to describe the assumption that all of the water necessary to manufacture an item remains incorporated inside the good as it goes up the value chain.

Using the notion of virtual water, we can claim that a bowl of entirely dry cereal contains all of the water required to cultivate and harvest the crops, clean the grain, rinse away undesired material, process the finished product, and even manufacture the paper for the box.

As food and other items are exchanged on a global scale, their water footprint is carried with them in the form of virtual water. This enables us to connect the water footprints of production and consumption, wherever they occur.

Virtual water is an important notion in the era of climate change, but as water shortages and demand increases, Netsol Water is minimizing water footprints and lowering the virtual water content of a variety of products.

Maintaining a low virtual water content

Water reuse is one of the most efficient techniques to reduce virtual water transfers. Instead of dumping wastewater into the environment or piping it to municipal treatment plants, industrial companies profit greatly from treating and recycling their own wastewater for process water, boiler blowdown, HVAC makeup, cleaning, dust reduction, toilet flushing, and irrigation. Even energy contains virtual water, which may be minimized by reusing it.

An oilfield, for example, can desalinate and further treat generated water for reuse, while solar plants can reuse brackish blowdown water.

Virtual water and the trade of virtual water

The virtual water idea was initially devised as a tool to understand how water-stressed countries might offer enough amounts of food, clothes, and other water-intensive commodities to their people. However, because many commodities and services are now traded globally, water-scarce countries are more reliant on the water resources of other countries to meet their consumer product demands. As a result, a country with limited water resources would frequently import water-intensive commodities such as cotton textiles rather than having local producer plant cotton crops at a high cost to their local water circumstances.

There are some similarities between virtual water and water footprints, but they are not the same. The “Water Footprint Network” describes the two ideas as follows:

While both virtual water and water footprint can relate to the amount of water utilized to make an object, the water footprint notion has a broader application.

For example, a product's virtual water content is the entire amount of the water consumed along the value chain. A product's water footprint, on the other hand, may be evaluated and split into the components of water footprints - blue, green, and grey. Furthermore, the water footprint of that product may be examined to see whether the manufacturing process is sustainable within its local water and ecological parameters.

How can Netsol Water help in this?

Netsol Water provide various cutting-edge solutions for water re-use and deliver fresh water, allowing the people to thrive even in any adverse situation.

We are the providers of water and wastewater treatment technologies in India and manufacture WTP, WWTP, STP, ETP and RO Plants, among other services. It has become our job to rescue the earth. The firm manufactures equipment’s and is dedicated to offering practical solutions that enable businesses to thrive. We are dedicated to delivering hands-on service, professional advice, and training to our valued clients. We have a solution to every environmental concern and its management.

Netsol Water is Greater Noida-based leading water & wastewater treatment plant manufacturer. We are industry's most demanding company based on client review and work quality. We are known as best commercial RO plant manufacturers, industrial RO plant manufacturer, sewage treatment plant manufacturer, Water Softener Plant Manufacturers and effluent treatment plant manufacturers. Apart from this 24x7 customer support is our USP. Call on +91-9650608473, or write us at enquiry@netsolwater.com for any support, inquiry or product-purchase related query.