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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

10 surprising ways water

10 surprising ways water is used

From coffee to beer, water can be used at astounding rates

A beef burger produced in the Netherlands costs about 1,000 litres of water. The soy-based vegetarian version still costs about 160 litres. Source: The Institute for Water Education (Pat Wellenbach/Associated Press).
The water cost for one 250 ml glass of beer made from barley is 74 litres – and that doesn't include how much water is used to make other ingredients that are added to the brew. Source: The Water Footprint Network (Toby Talbot/AP).

10 surprising ways water is used

From coffee to beer, water can be used at astounding rates

While the water used to brew a cup of coffee might be obvious, the overall water usage consumed in the process is not. A single cup of coffee costs 130 litres of water, while about 18,900 litres are needed to produce 1 kg of roasted coffee.

10 surprising ways water is used

From coffee to beer, water can be used at astounding rates

The manufacturing process for a brand new car uses almost 400,000 litres of water – enough to fill eight NHL size hockey rinks. Source: The World Wildlife Fund (Bob Mack/The Florida Times-Union/Associated Press).

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