Today is World Water Day. I harvested a few Dry Numbers from the ‘Business and Water‘ section in today’s Financial Times.
Here, in no specific order, is information I gleaned: "A massive 400,000 liters of water goes into the production of the average car"…"Britons use about 150 liters of water a day" versus an average of 135 for most other Europeans" while the median use in the USA is 400 liters per person per day.
An hotel can consume anywhere between 90 and 180 gallons of fresh water per occupied room per day"…
As for food : "13 liters of water go into cultivating a tomato compared to 70 for an apple…for a hamburger, guess what: 2,400 liters"…
Something to talk about …and think about
Visit the World Water Day page for more details.
Other ‘Water’ stories: Botted water: Up to $7,50 a Gallon