Just a quick tip this week to remind us all of how important water is in our daily lives.
According to Cool Australia most fresh water is used in farming and agriculture. Only 5% of all water is fresh water and more than 70% of this is frozen (mostly as ice in Antarctica). That leaves us with only 1% of all the water on our Earth to use to grow crops, raise animals, cool coal fired power plants, power industry and use at home, work and school.
Australians households use around 400 litres of water a day. This adds up to 146,000 litres (around five back garden swimming pools) every year. Many people living in poor countries use less than 20 litres of water a day.
There is a lot of water in the food we eat. It’s called embodied water. It takes around 25,000 litres (half a back garden swimming pool) to produce enough food for a family of four for a single day. Some things take a huge amount of water to produce.
Let’s conserve our water and be aware of what we put down the drains – think before you get to the sink!
Felicity Maher
Sustainability Officer
