Did you know that it takes approximately 2,000 gallons of water to produce 1 lb. of beef? According to Water Footprint, a new website that measures the footprint of water used by us on our planet.
Here are some facts and figures listed on the website:
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The production of one kilogram of beef requires 16 thousand litres of water.
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To produce one cup of coffee we need 140 litres of water.
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The water footprint of China is about 700 cubic meter per year per capita. Only about 7% of the Chinese water footprint falls outside China.
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Japan with a footprint of 1150 cubic meter per year per capita, has about 65% of its total water footprint outside the borders of the country.
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The USA water footprint is 2500 cubic meter per year per capita.
This website has published case studies and other publications, national and coporate water footprints and a footprint calculator to measure your own personal water footprint.
I calculated my personal footprint with these results based on my gender, my diet (vegetarian) and my annual income, using the quick and dirty calculator:
Your water footprint = 578 in cubic meter per year
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You can also use the extended calculator which is a more detailed picture based on your consumption. Here are my results:
Your total water footprint = 225 cubic meter per year
| Components of your total water footprint | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
163 |
46 |
16 |
225 |
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| Food | Domestic | Industrial | Total | ||||
| Contribution of individual food category towards the total water footprint | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
47 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
18 |
41 |
1 |
17 |
16 |
14 |
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| cereal | meat | vegetable | fruit | dairy | Stimulant | Fat | sugar | egg | Others | ||||||||||
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 