Foods Apple


Beef


Black tea Broccoli Cheese Chicken Coffee Corn


Granola Mango Oats Pasta


Soybeans Activities


All U.S. golf courses Occupied hotel room Typical ski resort


Clothing


Cotton dress shirt Cotton socks Jeans


Sneakers


975 gallons 244 gallons


2,866 gallons each 1,247 gallons a pair


Household Goods Book Car


Carpet


Computer Paper


Pet bed Pet food


Soap Television 42.8 gallons 39,000 gallons


14,650 gallons per 1,000 sq. ft. synthetic


10,556 to


42,267 gallons 3 cups per sheet


1,654 gallons (medium)


1,580 gallons per pound of meaty canned food


180.4 gallons per 3.2-ounce bar


3,900 to 65,500 gallons (per make/model/size)


Source: The Green Blue Book, by Thomas M. Kostigen (Rodale Books; TheGreenBlueBook.com)


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3.1 billion gallons a day


200 gallons a day


800 million liters per snow season


More Invisible Water Costs Sample Almonds Avocado


Average H2 to Produce


O


259.2 gallons per cup 18.5 gallons to grow 42.6 gallons to grow


1,581 gallons per pound 5.5 gallons per cup


27.4 gallons per pound 414.2 gallons per pound 468.3 gallons per pound 37 gallons per cup


108.1 gallons per pound 65 gallons per cup (varies) 81.9 gallons to grow


122.7 gallons per pound 230.5 gallons per pound 224 gallons per pound


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