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The Water Footprint of Food

What we eat - our diet - makes up about 50 percent of our total water footprint, which includes the large volume of "virtual water" needed to produce food.

Beef: The ''King'' of the Big Water Footprints

Are new developments in the decades-long cold war over the average water footprint of beef worth revisiting or does the grudge match remain?

Drinking Water Week Blues: Nitrate Pollution from Coast to Coast

California’s Central Valley and New York’s Suffolk County have the shared problem of nitrate contaminated drinking water as shown in two separate studies. The question is, how long can this pollution be tolerated?

Water Use, Withdrawal and Consumption: What Does It All Mean?

Water use can take two forms - consumption or withdrawal. It's important to understand the difference between the two.

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One cup of coffee has a water footprint of 37 gallons.
Poultry farms often sear off as much as half of a chicken's beak to prevent aggression brought on by cramped living conditions.
Organic farms use as much as one-third less fossil fuels than their conventional counterparts, and can sequester carbon!
$ of a gal. of gas includes: cost of Crude Oil 76%; Refining Costs and Profits 6%; Distribution, Marketing, and Retail Costs and Profits 6%; Taxes 12%
On average, one apple has a water footprint of 33 gallons.
69 percent of global freshwater is stored in glaciers and ice caps.
Waste generated by animal agriculture in the US has polluted over 35,000 miles of river in 22 states.
With 5% of the earth's population, the U.S. consumes 20% of the world's total energy.
A typical chocolate bar has a water footprint of 449 gallons.
One glass of milk has a water footprint of 52 gallons.
A single margherita pizza requires 333 gallons of water, enough to fill almost ten bathtubs!
Only 1.3 percent of freshwater is surface waters like lakes and rivers.
In February 2012, financial speculation added an extra $.56 per gallon of gasoline at the pump.
One slice of bread has a water footprint of 11 gallons.
More than 1,300 gallons are required to produce a 12oz steak.

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Drinking Water Week Blues: Nitrate Pollution from Coast to Coast

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