Water for food

Are we taking water for granted?

 On Average we eat 3496 liters of water
everyday, Yes that’s right 3496 liters of
water every single day.
Howmuch
How much
water
water do we
we This is due to the
eat eat production, process
and creation of the
food.
 As much as 2bn tons of food are being
How much wasted every year, that’s the
How much
food is equivalent to 50% of all food
food is produced. On top of that 30-50% (1.2-
wasted every
wasted every
year? 2bn) of all food produce is wasted
year? before reaching a consumer’s stomach.
 Major supermarkets aren’t
helping with this problem
either, they have been
blamed for rejecting crops
How are major
How are major (That are edible fruits and
vegetables) that don’t meet
supermarkets
supermarkets their exact standards. These
contributing
contributing to standards include the size
to this
this problem? and colour. 0-30% of the
UK’s crops are never
problem? harvested due to this type of
standards that supermarkets
have laid.
 ‘Consumer demand for cosmetically
perfect food’ is basically saying that
What does consumers from all around the world
‘Consumer want (or the supermarkets think they
What does want) perfect crops. These ‘perfect’
demand for standards include colour, size etc. Not
‘Consumer
cosmetically only is this what I think they are trying
demand for
perfect food’
cosmetically
to say, but it is also most major
mean? supermarkets’ theory.
perfect food’
mean?
 Around 3.8tn cubic metres of water are used
by humanity annually with 70% being used for
agricultural purposes.

How much
How much
water is
water is
wasted
wasted every
every year?
year?
 The ways we use water domestically are
for things such as: Laundry, Flushing
the toilet, bathing/showering, cooking
,drinking and cleaning etc.
How much
How doiswe
water
use water
wasted every
domestically
year?
?
 Invisible uses of water are uses of water that are
invisible to the human eye. Two of the invisible water
uses are Water for industrial products (paper,
cotton, clothes, etc) and the water used to produce
our food. Domestic uses of water aren’t invisible as
How much you can see the water being used or you at least
Two
waterinvisible
is know that there is water being used.
uses
wastedof
water in a
every year?
household
 We can help reduce our water footprint
What can we by doing small things like: Not leaving
What can we the tap running, minimising your shower
do to reduce
do to reduce
our water time, using water with a good purpose
our water and eating less meats. Supermarkets
footprint?
footprint? can also help by selling ‘imperfect
crops’.
 “How Much Water Is Needed to Produce Food and How
Much Do We Waste?” The Guardian, Guardian News and
Media, 10 Jan. 2013,
www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/jan/10/how-
much-water-food-production-waste.
Bibliography “The Water We Eat.” The Water We Eat - Discover How
Much WATER We EAT Every Day, thewaterweeat.com/.