WWF: Wealthy world at risk from water woes elsewhere

Wealthy world at risk from water woes elsewhere

 While German households use 124 litres of water a day directly, individual Germans use 5288 litres of water a day when the water requirements of producing their food, clothes and other consumption items are included.

The report calculated Germany’s water footprint at 159.5 cubic kilometres of water annually, with only half coming from German rain and rivers. [read rest of article]