Water Facts
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2700 litres of water are used to produce one cotton T-shirt
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140 litres of water are used to producee a cup of coffe
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1350 litres of water are used to produce 1kg of wheat
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16000 litres of water are used to produce 1kg beef
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900 litres of water are used to produce 1kg maize
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1000 litres of water are used to produce 1litre of milk
all from www.waterfootprint.org ... try their water footptint calculator online
Each person in the UK uses
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150 litres of water a day
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A running tap uses 6 litres of water a minute
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a shower can use anywhere between 9 - 45 litres per minute
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a hosepipe uses as much as 1000 litres per hour.
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Toilet flushing accounts for 30% of our daily water use - with old toilets using as much as 14 litres per flush compared to new dual flush models which use as little as 2.6 and 4 litres per flush.
all from www.waterwise.org.uk
5000 children die per day through a lack of clean water from www.wateraid.org
Do you take water for granted?
