Revelations: “Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink”

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California’s Water Disaster Is Confusing, So We Drew Pictures

  • About 80 percent of California’s water goes to agriculture.
  • 50 percent of the average Californian’s water footprint comes from meat and dairy consumption alone.
  • You need 7.7 cubic meters of water to produce 1 pound of beef. That’s like 77 baths.

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  • 1 gram of beef protein requires six times as much water as 1 gram of protein from beans, peas or lentils.
  • 1 calorie from beef also requires 20 times as much water as 1 calorie from grains or starchy roots.
  • It takes 132 gallons of water for a slaughterhouse to process just one animal.
  • Tt takes 30 gallons of water to make one glass of dairy milk.

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