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July 1, 2026Environmental Impact Assessment ReviewOpen Access

Global freshwater criticality: Application of the Water SCARCE method

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SMSylvia MarinovaALAndreas LinkVBVanessa Bach

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Randomized trial reveals implications of freshwater criticality across countries, suggesting integrated approaches for sustainability.

Key Points

  • The aim is to assess freshwater criticality by integrating environmental, socio-economic, and governance factors into a unified methodology.
  • Adapted mineral criticality concepts to create the Water SCARCE method for freshwater.
  • Calculated country-specific characterisation factors for 156 countries across 14 categories.
  • Applied the methodology to assess battery-grade lithium production in Chile.
  • Eritrea, Yemen, and Sudan identified as the most critical countries for freshwater.
  • Norway, the Czech Republic, and Sweden were categorized as the least critical.
  • The method revealed key regions needing sustainable sourcing beyond hydrological constraints.

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Marinova et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a44ad765cd2549c8bc430d4https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2026.108588
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