ArticleHeliyon2025
The water footprint of lithium extraction technologies: Insights from environmental impact reports in Argentina's salt flats.
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- A review of systematic environmental risks across the life cycle of lithium resources: Identification, assessment, and sustainable governance strategies.Fundamental research · 2026Review
- Design strategies for ion-sieving charge mosaic membranes toward sustainable lithium extraction.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
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Abstract
This study estimates water consumption in two lithium mines (Olaroz and Fénix) that use different extraction technologies in Argentina's salt flats. Based on Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs), we assess the water footprint (WF) and brine consumption (BC) in both mines. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to estimate WF and BC for lithium extraction and provides data to assess water consumption and better understand its implications for local ecosystems and communities. We also contextualize freshwater consumption in lithium extraction projects by estimating the blue water intensity (WI
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