how much water does it take to make things?
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For example, it takes 22 gallons of water to make one pound of plastic. In fact, it takes at least twice as much water to produce a plastic water bottle as the amount of water contained in the bottle.
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Each pound of ice produces about 0.12 gallons of water. Since it takes 2,100 calories to raise a gallon of water one degree, 0.12 gallons of water will absorb about 12,000 calories in the process of warming from 32° to 80°.
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It takes approximately 500,000 liters of water to manufacture a metric ton of wool; this figure is even higher when the sheep in question are fed in confined quarters, where extra water is required to manage the manure.
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On average, one apple (weighing 150g) takes 125 litres of water to produce. Taking it a step further to apple juice, and one 200ml glass requires around 230 litres of water. It takes 168 litres of water to produce one pint of beer.
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The formula H2O indicates that each molecule of this substance contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms. Therefore, if we ask how much hydrogen is required to make a given quantity of water, the answer is two hydrogen atoms for each oxygen atom or two hydrogen atoms per molecule.
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I ran across a surprising article in the Economist this week (Thirsty Work) which tells me that it takes 960 liters of water to make a single liter of wine. Or 720 liters of water for a 750 ml bottle.
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How much water is used in cotton production? Estimates vary, but in traditional cotton production it can take about 10,000 litres of water to produce one kilogramme of cotton fabric. BCI encourages a number of simple techniques that can significantly reduce this amount.
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According to Capitalism is Freedom, it takes 1.1 gallons of water to produce a single almond, or about which would translate to about 460 gallons of water per pound of almonds. In turn, it takes about two pounds of almonds to make one gallon of Almond Milk, or 920 gallons of water.
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To produce just one cotton shirt requires approximately three thousand liters of water. Textiles production (including cotton farming) uses around 93 billion cubic meters of water annually, representing 4% of global freshwater withdrawal.
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Shock is reasonable after discovering that the global average water footprint – or the total amount of water needed – to produce one pound of beef is 1,799 gallons of water; one pound of pork takes 576 gallons of water.
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It takes more than 7,600 liters (2,000 gallons) of water to make a single pair of jeans. That morning cup of coffee required 140 liters (37 gallons) of water before it found its way to your table—water that was used to grow, process and ship the coffee beans.
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A typical one-liter plastic bottle uses about two liters of water during this process – so a one-liter bottle of water represents three liters of water consumption. Each of those bottles takes about 4 million joules of energy to create, and every ton of this plastic that is produced creates three tons of CO2.
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It takes approximately 240 gallons of water to produce a loaf of bread. A small soda requires 46 gallons of water to produce. 12 gallons of water are used to produce a small serving of potato chips. To brew a gallon of tea, it takes 108 gallons of water.
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Today, producing one gallon of ethanol requires about 3.5 gallons of water. That's a little more than it takes to process a gallon of gasoline.
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While statistics abound to quantify how much water is needed for various purposes (drinking water needs are 2-5 litres per person per day, household needs are 100-500 litres per person per day, to produce 1 kg of grain takes 300-3,000 litres and to produce 1 kg of beef 7,000-10,000 litres), no good estimates exist for ...
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1,800 gallons – The approximate amount of gallons of water to grow enough cotton to produce just one pair jeans.
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Sugar (from sugar cane) It takes about 210 litres of water to produce 1 kg of sugar cane. About 87% of this amount is allocated to the sugar that is derived from the sugar cane; the rest is attributed to by-products.