"Water Consumption" BE AWARE , BE SAFE AND BE WISE while using it

water is a scarce resource that must be preserved: 1 in 3 men does not have access to drinking water in the world. Drinking water supplies are dwindling, but water consumption in developed countries is considerable: in France, 137 liters of water are consumed per person per day.

A family of 4 consumes an average of 410 liters of water daily, with affluent families consuming more water than poor families. Water consumption is higher in the city than in the countryside, and in the Paris region than in the provinces.

The uses of water are varied, and more or less greedy drinking water. Individual consumption per person per day in France are as follows:
-Dink: 2 liters
-kitchen: 5 liters
-Shower: 60 liters
-Bath: 120 liters
-Flush: 10 liters
-Dishwasher : 50 liters
-Washing machine: 60 liters
-Washing the car: 200 liters
==>Among these water consumptions, the washing machine, the dishwasher, the toilets or the car wash could be realized with water not drinking water: the recovery of rainwater is developing in this direction, but drinking water is still predominantly used. To these individual uses, are added the collective water consumption: at school, at work, in hospitals, for cleaning the streets, watering public gardens.

In total, individual and collective consumption amount to 210 liters of water per day per person in France. The United States holds the record of wasting water, with a per capita daily water consumption of 600 liters, excluding collective consumption. In sub-Saharan Africa, people consume only 10 liters of water a day. Agriculture is the activity that consumes the majority of water available in the world: 3/4 of the total volume of water worldwide is consumed for crop irrigation. In France, 43% of global water consumption is devoted to agriculture. The average quantity of water needed to produce one kilogram of water (source CNRS):
-Cotton: 5,263 liters
-Soy: 900 liters
-Wheat: 590 liters
-Potato: 590 liters
-Flooded rice: 5,000 liters
-Rainfed rice: 1,600 liters
-Corn: 454 liters
-Banana 345 liters
-Meat production requires between 6 and 20 times more water than cereals.

The production of 1 kilo of beef requires 15,500 liters of water. A Western diet consumes about 4,000 liters of "virtual" water per day, compared to 1,000 liters of water for a Chinese or Indian diet. Industry and businesses consume about 7% of water resources in France, and electricity production consumes 8%. Water savings are possible in all sectors: agriculture has a major role to play in terms of water saving, especially by prioritizing, according to the weather conditions, the least water intensive crops. Every citizen must also be involved in saving water, adopting eco-citizen behaviors and implementing various actions: take showers rather than baths, collect rainwater, install a water saver ...