This paper seeks to determine water demand of the mining sector in the Middle Olifants sub-basin of South Africa …. Despite the growing economic importance of mining in the area, only little is known about its water demand and the role of … water in the mines ́extraction process. By means of econometric estimation water price elasticities as well as substitution …

increasingly draw on the rest of the world to alleviate the pressure on their domestic water resources. Our work builds on these …Recent analyses of the evolution and structure of trade in virtual water revealed that the number of trade connections … and volume of virtual water trade have more than doubled over the past two decades, and that developed countries …

efficient use of water resources worldwide. This is particularly true in the dryland zones of the world relying on irrigated …Increases in water demand due to population growth, industrial development and urbanization necessitate economically … agriculture for economic development such as in Uzbekistan, Central Asia. Due to ill-managed water resources and the dominance of …

desiccation of the Aral Sea, once the fourth biggest lake of the world with a surface area of 68,000 km2 and total water volume of …Increasing water demand due to population growth and economic development under the mounted investment costs for … developing new water sources calls for efficient, equitable and sustainable management of water resources in many developing …

Water balances pertaining to the flux of water through the Volta River Basin and a black box model of the rainfall …/runoff relationship for estimating the river flows into the Akosombo Reservoir are presented. As the water demand has approached supply …, the tradeoffs between competing water uses are likely to intensify. It is also apparent from the balances that land use …