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Hi, 

for Water footprint requirements we need to calculate the following scores for process, using the methods in the mentioned:

• Water Scaricity    - Pfister et al. (2009)
• Acquatic Acidification    -    Impact 2002 + (Jolliet et al., 2005)
• Human Toxicity   -  Ecotox (Hauschild et al., 2008)**
• acquatic ecotoxicity   -  Ecotox (Hauschild et al., 2008)**
• Acquatic Eutrophication   -  Recipe (Goedkoop et al., 2013)**

Are these methods present in ecoinvent? What is their reference?

Thanks

Dear cprato,

Thank you very much for your question. In ecoinvent, we have the following methods available:

·         Water Scarcity - Pfister et al. (2009) à no

·         Acquatic Acidification - Impact 2002 + (Jolliet et al., 2005) à yes, IMPACT 2002+

·         Human Toxicity - Ecotox (Hauschild et al., 2008)** à yes, part of USEtox

·         Aquatic ecotoxicity - Ecotox (Hauschild et al., 2008)** à yes, part of USEtox

·         Aquatic Eutrophication - Recipe (Goedkoop et al., 2013)** à yes, ReCiPe Midpoint and Endpoint; we have “ReCiPe Midpoint (E) V1.13-freshwater eutrophication-FEP” and “ReCiPe Midpoint (E) V1.13-marine eutrophication-MEP” available

You can download the list of all LCIA methods including all the impact categories provided by ecoinvent here: "LCIA methods in ecoinvent 3.7.1”

More information can be found under “Files” in ecoQuery > supporting documents > LCIA implementation.

If you are interested in obtaining specific scores without a full licence, feel free to contact our support at support@ecoinvent.org. If you are using ecoinvent data through a software provider please contact them regarding the methods they implement.

Best regards,

Lea Wollensack

Thanks Lea for the reply and useful help!