Saving water

It’s a while since I wrote a blog about water footprints – the total amount of water needed for a product, including raw materials. The comparisons are always staggering, even these in gallons from Loch Ness Water Gardens and Creative Commons via 2degrees. For reference, a full bathtub is deemed to be 50 gallons.

Apparently, if you replace 1 cup of coffee a day with tea, you could save 10,950 gallons a year; orange juice with water, 16,717 gallons; and milk with beer 15,582 gallons – though I doubt the realism or wisdom of that last example.