The Hidden Water In Everyday Products

Water. A valuable resource that all forms of life need. Most people may agree that water, especially freshwater is something to be protected and used wisely. Yet, how often do we think about the amount of water used to help make the products that we buy, use and throw away? I suspect that few of us think about this subject or have any idea how much water goes into making consumer products.

We are presenting this subject about water usage during production of paper, plastic and metal items as part of our effort to make people aware of how products offered to us not only impact the environment after we finish using them, but also when they are being made.

The attached link will take you to what is called the Water Footprint Calculator. Once you open the link, you will be introduced to how much water product manufacturers use to make the products that we want or need. For example, did you know that making a car may consume as much as 22,000 gallons of water? Or that producing a cell phone may use as much as 3200 gallons of water? How about that it takes 22 gallons of water to make 1 pound of plastic?

To meet their production needs, industrial facilities in the U.S. draw almost 16 billion gallons of water each day. Needless to say that this water ends up being contaminated with various substances ranging from dirt to chemical substances. This ongoing creation of contaminated water adds to the problems of providing clean drinking water.

Please spend a few minutes reviewing this article and focus on its content related to the solutions of Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle the products that we use.

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The Hidden Water In Everyday Products