About the Authors

Arjen Y. Hoekstra

a.y.hoekstra@utwente.nl

Affiliations Department of Water Engineering and Management, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, Water Footprint Network, Enschede, The Netherlands

Mesfin M. Mekonnen

Affiliation Department of Water Engineering and Management, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Ashok K. Chapagain

Affiliation World Wide Fund-United Kingdom, Godalming, Surrey, United Kingdom

Ruth E. Mathews

Affiliation Water Footprint Network, Enschede, The Netherlands

Brian D. Richter

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AYH MMM. Performed the experiments: AYH MMM. Analyzed the data: AYH MMM. Wrote the paper: AYH MMM AKC REM BDR.