Montag, 14. Oktober 2013

Most of the Freshwater is used for Irrigation.


As it was already mentioned in some of the videos I posted so far, most of the freshwater worldwide is used aggricultural: 70% of the water is used for irrigation. That is why milk is so expensive in terms of water. 22% is used industrial (the jeans, you remember). The water we use at home only makes 8% of the overall freshwater consumption.




Humans use blue water agricultural, industrial and municipal. The global water withdrawal in total has increased clearly since the 1950. Whereas from 1900 to 1950 the amount of withdrawal has roughly doubled, from 1950 to 2000 the amount has nearly quadrupled. And the graph shows no sign of stagnation whatsoever.

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