Agricultural water use

Edwin — Sat, 04/19/2008 - 12:53

What I didn't mention in my last blog is that Agriculture uses 81% of the water actually consumed in the U.S. See 2nd link in previous blog. This obviously means that agriculture dominates water usage and even a 10% savings could more than double the water available for domestic use.

What are some ways water can be conserved?

Increased use of drip irrigation instead of flooding the crops.
Permaculture methods to store, re-use, and recycle water
Have a vegetable garden in your backyard.
Eat lest meat

Eat less meat? Yes, according to a UC study (See http://www.vegansociety.com/html/environment/water/ ) it takes almost 31 times as much water to produce a pound of beef (1680 gallons) as it does a pound of wheat (55 gallons). If we all stopped eating meat, the freshwater consumption by agriculture in the U.S. would go to.81*(.03), about 2.5%, leaving us a huge supply of available fresh water.

So enjoy lots of fresh fruit, have a big salad (without meat), and take another nice long bath.

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andrewkent37 — Wed, 02/17/2010 - 15:21

The agriculture industry is a major water consumer in the Australian economy, Sterling Silver Necklaces accounting for 65 per cent of water consumption in 2004-05. In 2004–05, Australian agriculture used 12,191 gigalitres of water for agricultural production. Sterling Silver Rings A total of 11,033 gigalitres (91 per cent) of this water was used for irrigation of crops and pastures, while 1158 gigalitres (9 per cent) was used for other CZ Rings agricultural purposes such as stock drinking water, and dairy and piggery cleaning.Thanks.

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