March 26, 2014 - A new University of Florida web-based tool worked well during its trial run to measure water consumption at farms in four Southern states. The system measures the “water footprint” of a farm, which is a measure of the consumptive water use required to produce a crop. Water footprint is described in units of water volume used relative to mass of produce (gallons/lb or liters/kg). The tool was developed by
Daniel Dourte,
Clyde Fraisse, and
Oxana Uryasev through
AgroClimate.
Water Footprint CalculatorSoutheast Farm Press article