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DEMAND FOR WATER : PRIMARY CATEGORIES

Agriculture : Agriculture consumes almost 70%
of worldwide fresh water supplies. It takes around
3,000 litres of water to produce enough food to
satisfy one person’s daily dietary need. Efficiency in
water use in agriculture is critical to solving earth’s
water woes.

Industry : 22% of worldwide fresh water is used
by industries, big and small. Industries need water
for consumptive use (where water is a raw material
as a solvent) or as a cooling agent for plant and
machinery or for production of steam to power
various processes.

Households : 8% of worldwide water use is
for household purposes. These include usage
for drinking, bathing, cooking, sanitation, and
gardening. Basic household water requirement is
around 50 liters per person per day, excluding water
for gardens. Water required for drinking is between
2-5 litres per person.

OUR DAILY LIVES AND WATER : WHAT IT TAKES

Our water intake is not limited to the WATER NEEDED TO PRODUCE A KILOGRAM OF :
water we drink or use in direct form in Coffee 18900 litres
our daily lives. That is actually quite Cheese 3180 litres
modest. Chicken 4300 litres
Rice 2500 litres
Enormous quantities of water are needed Wheat 1830 litres
to produce / process even simple and Sugar 1780 litres
small things that we consume in our day Apple 822 litres
to day lives without even giving a second Microchip 16000 litres
Leather
15750 litres
thought. Source : www.angelamorelli.com/water

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