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Virtual Water

What IF I told you? LEGEND: I DROP = 100 LITERS You eat 3496 litres of water EVERYDAY. EATING water might sound strange, but you are about to discover that actually you eat loads of it, you are addicted to it, and you don't know it. AN LN UNDERSTANDING OF OUR WATER CONSUMPTION CAN HELP US PROVIDE a solution to one of our most pressing problems: making sure there is enough water for everybody on the planet. Much of the water we use is obvious it's visible in our HOMES Cooking Washing Drinking II--- ------- ---- I----- I---- ------ I----- I----I Our DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION is 20% 137 LITRES OF W ATER EVERYDAY. Laundry 30% Flushing Toilet 10% 35% Bathing and Showering Cleaning Cooking and Drinking II---I------I-------I-------II-----I------I----- --- -I-----I------ Ahere are two invisible parts. There is a little problem though, because what we consume at home is visible to us, but it is only a small bit of what we use in total. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS FOOD 167 Litres per day 92% of the WATER we use We call this invisible water VIRTUAL WATER. a term coined by water guru Prof. Tony Allan. The concept of virtual water helps us realize how much water is needed to produce the goods we use and the food we eat. Source: http://www.angelamorelli.com/iater/ GOURMANDIA CI

Virtual Water

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The food we waste is crucial! We are highly wasteful, particularly in the industrialized nations. In the advanced economies we throw away approximately 30% of the food we purchase. Almost a third! And...

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