Term:
Blue water
Definition:
The water in the lakes, rivers and aquifers. Blue water occurs in two different forms: surface runoff in surface water bodies and renewable groundwater runoff in the aquifers. Liquid water moving above and below the ground and includes surface water and ground-water.
Domain:
Water
Source:
Electronic Forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture, 2009 (http://www.fao.org/biotech/logs/C14/140307.htm); DN, KCCM, FAO, 2009; (http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/wwdr/wwdr3/pdf/21_WWDR3_part_3_intro.pdf).
