How much imported water do you eat everyday?
3400 litres of water consumed every day by each Briton if you include the amount of water embedded within the food products, a lot of which comes from various water scarce countries.
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It is estimated that two-thirds of all the water that its population of 60 million people needs in Britain comes embedded in imported food, clothes and industrial goods.
Did you know? 62% of the water used to create the UK’s food and goods comes from abroad, making the UK world’s sixth net largest importer of water.
Product Name Vegetable Salad
Vegetables and their Global Water Footprint (liters / kg)
The concept of Water Footprint is an eco label for food products aimed towards a more sustainable shopping. Learn more at waterfootprint.com
Olives
3,015 liters
Avocados
1,981 liters
Radish
385 liters
400 liters
2 Egg
Chillies
379 liters
Cucumbers
353 liters
Onions (dry)
345 liters
Mushroom
300 liters
272 liters
Spring Onions
Tomatoes 214 liters
Carrot Water Footprint Rating
Average
Country South Africa
Global Water Footprint 195 liters How much is that? 1kg of Carrot = 5 x * Human body = 40 ltrs of water
The Water Footprint Rating demonstrates the overall impact and total amount of global fresh water that is embedded (virtual) into this product.
Water Footprint Rating Scale Very High High Medium Average Low
Above 750 – 3500 ltrs 300 – 750 ltrs 100 – 300 ltrs 10 – 100 ltrs
What is Water Footprint of a product? The water footprint of a product (a commodity, good or service) is the total volume of freshwater used to produce the product, summed over the various steps of the production chain. The water footprint of a product refers not only to the total volume of water used; it also refers to where and when the water is used. What is Virtual Water? Virtual water is the water that is virtually embedded in traded commodities. The water footprint of an individual, community or business is defined as the total volume of freshwater that is used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual or community or produced by the business. Learn more at waterfootprint.com