Feeling thirsty ?


The GUARDIAN reports today on the astonishing 'virtual' water consumption that we all require each day.
The report is written by journalist Felicity Lawrence, who is well known for her work on what we consume.
It's well known that we consume actual water by the hundreds of litre: cooking, cleaning, showering etc. all takes place. Some people even clean their car, although I let the rain do that...

Once all the additional 'hidden' water is taken into account, each Briton apparently gets through 4,645 litres of water a day !

There is an interesting PHOTO GALLERY to go with the story which quantifies some of the water use.

Just as we have a CARBON footprint, we also have a WATER FOOTPRINT.

Comments

LindyM said…
Read the article - thanks
But could not find the photogallery - any clues please?
Alan Parkinson said…
Have now added the link to the post. If you click the hyperlink in the article that says "virtual water" it takes you there...
Thanks for visiting !