Industrial water consumption index: A new bridge between water consumption and socioeconomic development

IF 4.5 3区工程技术 Q1 WATER RESOURCES

Water Resources and Industry Pub Date : 2024-09-26 DOI:10.1016/j.wri.2024.100270

Chenkai Cai , Caijie Yang , Xuan Lu , Yan Chen , Jinhua Wen , Jing Wang , Ruotong Wang , Zupeng Zhang , Xinyi Shen

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Abstract

Regional water consumption is closely linked to socioeconomic development trends; however, studies that analyze and evaluate socioeconomic development trends based on water consumption data are lacking. This study established a new general index, the industrial water consumption index (IWCI), using several variables from water consumption data through the entropy weight method and tested the index in Jiaxing City, China. The results showed that the relationship between water consumption and socioeconomic development varied depending on different industrial divisions. The IWCI, established based on water consumption data was highly sensitive to changes in socioeconomic development, especially rapid changes. Compared to the raw water consumption data, the IWCI presented a better performance in evaluation indicators for the selected several divisions, with a Pearson correlation coefficient ranging from 0.70 to 0.85 and a normalized mutual information ranging from 0.31 to 0.45. Overall, the IWCI provides an effective way to evaluate socioeconomic development trends by relying solely on water consumption data, particularly for industrial divisions where water plays an important role in production. The index allows managers to quickly assess and analyze socioeconomic development trends and develop corresponding response measures.

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工业用水指数：水消耗与社会经济发展之间的新桥梁

地区用水量与社会经济发展趋势密切相关，但基于用水量数据分析和评价社会经济发展趋势的研究却十分缺乏。本研究通过熵权法，利用用水数据中的多个变量建立了一个新的通用指数--工业用水指数（IWCI），并在中国嘉兴市进行了测试。结果表明，不同工业部门的用水量与社会经济发展之间的关系各不相同。基于用水量数据建立的 IWCI 对社会经济发展的变化，尤其是快速变化高度敏感。与原始用水量数据相比，IWCI 在所选几个分部的评价指标方面表现更佳，其皮尔逊相关系数在 0.70 至 0.85 之间，归一化互信息在 0.31 至 0.45 之间。总体而言，IWCI 提供了一种仅依靠用水数据就能评估社会经济发展趋势的有效方法，尤其是对水在生产中发挥重要作用的工业部门而言。通过该指数，管理人员可以快速评估和分析社会经济发展趋势，并制定相应的应对措施。

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Water Resources and Industry Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development

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8.10

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5.90%

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审稿时长

75 days

期刊介绍： Water Resources and Industry moves research to innovation by focusing on the role industry plays in the exploitation, management and treatment of water resources. Different industries use radically different water resources in their production processes, while they produce, treat and dispose a wide variety of wastewater qualities. Depending on the geographical location of the facilities, the impact on the local resources will vary, pre-empting the applicability of one single approach. The aims and scope of the journal include: -Industrial water footprint assessment - an evaluation of tools and methodologies -What constitutes good corporate governance and policy and how to evaluate water-related risk -What constitutes good stakeholder collaboration and engagement -New technologies enabling companies to better manage water resources -Integration of water and energy and of water treatment and production processes in industry