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    Direct water uses clearly involve water, such as taking a bath. Indirect uses do not directly involve water but occur when water is used to produce a final product, such as using water to make an egg carton. Most of our daily water usage is indirect and involves large quantities of "invisible" water used to produce the food we eat and goods we buy, far exceeding direct water usage. Understanding our water footprint, which measures direct and indirect water usage, can help address the pressing issue of ensuring adequate water resources.

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    Direct water uses clearly involve water, such as taking a bath. Indirect uses do not directly involve water but occur when water is used to produce a final product, such as using water to make an egg carton. Most of our daily water usage is indirect and involves large quantities of "invisible" water used to produce the food we eat and goods we buy, far exceeding direct water usage. Understanding our water footprint, which measures direct and indirect water usage, can help address the pressing issue of ensuring adequate water resources.

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    Direct water uses clearly involve water, such as taking a bath. Indirect uses do not directly involve water but occur when water is used to produce a final product, such as using water to make an egg carton. Most of our daily water usage is indirect and involves large quantities of "invisible" water used to produce the food we eat and goods we buy, far exceeding direct water usage. Understanding our water footprint, which measures direct and indirect water usage, can help address the pressing issue of ensuring adequate water resources.

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    Direct water uses clearly involve water, such as taking a bath. Indirect uses do not directly involve water but occur when water is used to produce a final product, such as using water to make an egg carton. Most of our daily water usage is indirect and involves large quantities of "invisible" water used to produce the food we eat and goods we buy, far exceeding direct water usage. Understanding our water footprint, which measures direct and indirect water usage, can help address the pressing issue of ensuring adequate water resources.

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    Distinguish between indirect and direct water uses.

    Direct- uses clearly use water such as taking a bath.


    Indirect- when water is used to generate a final product typically not
    associated w/ water, such as in the process of making an egg carton.

    Figure 1: Direct and indirect uses water, 2008, retrieved from waterfootprint.org in 16 November 2015,
    http://waterfootprint.org/en/water-footprint/what-is-water-footprint

    Do you know how much water was used to grow your food and to
    produce your clothes and the things you buy?
    It is a surprising amount. You may not see this 'invisible water, but it
    accounts for most of the water you use, far more than you use from the
    tap. Our use of water is not limited to kitchens, bathrooms and gardens.
    On a daily basis, we contribute to the consumption of large quantities of
    water when buying various products, from the food we eat, paper and
    cotton to biofuel. This way, we indirectly affect water resources
    throughout the world.
    By measuring water footprints, we can get a clear picture of how water is
    used in todays consumer society, in the same way that carbon footprints
    measure contributions to climate change.

    Your water footprint is the amount of water you consume in your daily
    life, including the water used to grow the food you eat, to produce the
    energy you use and for all of the products in your daily life your books,
    music, house, car, furniture and the clothes you wear.

    Cotton harvesting around Banfora, Burkina Faso (1048 N 356 W) Yann Arthus-Bertrand / Altitude
    Figure 2: Cotton harvesting around Banfora, retrieved from waterfootprint.org in 16 November 2015,

    http://waterfootprint.org/en/water-footprint/personal-water-footprint

    Understanding our water consumption can help us provide a solution to


    one of our most pressing problems: making sure there is enough water to
    sustain all living things on our planet.
    In our global economy, each consumer on average 'eats as much as 5 000
    litres of water every day (ranging from 1 500 to 10 000 litres per day,
    depending where you live and what you eat). Everything we use or
    consume has a water footprint, sometimes close to where we live but
    often in river basins far away, even in other countries. Each ingredient in
    a product may come from a different place. Take, for example a cookie,
    which might have wheat from Canada, sugar from Brazil, vanilla from
    Madagascar and eggs from the local farmer. This one cookie is
    consuming and polluting water from a number of river basins, in
    countries around the world.
    Water is a renewable, but finite, resource. There is the same amount on
    earth today as there was when the dinosaurs roamed. As our population
    grows, pressure on our limited, available supply is mounting. This is
    exacerbated by pollution and the fact that there are seasonal and
    geographic differences in the amount of water available. Today, in many
    locations, we are using more fresh water than the earths natural limits
    can sustain.

    Figure 3: water usage in Cotton industry, retrieved from waterfootprint.org in 16 November 2015,

    http://waterfootprint.org/en/water-footprint/personal-water-footprint
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