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[ Water Footprints ]

What is a Water Footprint? Your household’s water footprint is the amount of water you use in and around your home throughout the day including the water you use directly (i.e., from a tap). It also includes the water used indirectly to produce the food you eat, the products you buy, the energy you consume and even the water you save when you recycle. You may not drink, feel or see this virtual water, but it makes up the majority of your water footprint.

Water Footprint - Concepts

Learn more about the concepts behind water footprints, direct and virtual water use and water accounting.
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Water Footprint Calculator

GRACE's interactive Water Footprint Calculator gives an estimate of your water footprint, which is the total of both direct and indirect water use.
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Water Program

GRACE's official landing page for the Water Program. There you can learn about how water is used and what can be done to conserve and protect it.
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Water Topics

Find out more about how water is a part of your daily life through your habits inside and outside of your home, the food you eat, the products you buy and even energy use.

The Hidden Water in Everyday Products

Although unseen, millions of gallons of water go into the products we buy and use, which makes consumer awareness an important step towards water conservation.

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Radioactive Bluefin Tuna, caught off California's coast had cesium-134 and cesium-137 in their systems.
$ 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 large banana has a water footprint of 42 gallons.
One egg has a water footprint of 53 gallons.
A piece of A5 paper has a water footprint of 3 gallons, but amounts vary depending on wood.
The meat industry generates nearly one-fifth of the man-made greenhouse gas emissions. One more reason to go Meatless Monday!
Irrigation-intensive agricultural diverts 70 percent of the world's available freshwater each year.
30 percent of global freshwater is groundwater.
The US imports about half of oil consumed.
The United States led the world with $48.1 billion in clean energy investments in 2011.
Of all sources of energy consumed in the United States, oil provides the largest share at 36 percent.
About 50 million Americans get sick from unsafe food each year, resulting in over 100,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths.
Nitric oxides are released from farms in large quantities due to manure application and are among the leading causes of acid rain.
Genetically engineered soybeans, corn and cotton in the US make up 93%, 88% and 94% of the total acreage of each respective crop.
Of the world's leading 57 crops, 39 benefit from natural pollinators, such as birds and insects.

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