Application and Research of Water Footprint Analysis in Shandong Province

Water footprint and virtul water are the hot topics in the field of water resources research.In this paper,we firstly introduce the concept of virtual water and water footprint,then computes and analyses the water footprint and the correlated evaluation indices of Shandong province in 2004.It is demonstrated that water footprint of Shandong Province is 1515.05×108m3,the per capita 1650m3,water scarcity is 433.54%,water self-sufficiency is 90.50%.However,it is a disadvantage to Shandong because water is very scarce in this region.At the end of this paper,the suggestions of implicating virtual water strategy and shifting consumption patterns are put forward for sustainable utilization of water resources in Shandong Province.