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What’s Your Water Footprint?

Gaiam Staff by Gaiam Staff | March 21st, 2012 | No Comments
topic: Green Living | tags: agriculture, America, conserve, crops, drinking water, environment, fishing, flooding, grey water, infographic, job loss, lakes, numbers, outdoor tourism, reduce, river basins, rivers, statistics, streams, United States, water conservation, water footprint, water pollution, water quality, water table, water use, wildlife habitat, World Water Day

Water Footprint Did you know that the average American is responsible for the use of 751,777 gallons of water a year? (That’s enough water to fill more than 15 thousand bathtubs!) Or that depleting the water in rivers and streams can actually lead to flooding?

Sure, we could tell you all the facts about water use, but we’d rather show you, courtesy of this infographic from The Nature Conservancy and The Water Footprint Network.

World Water Day: The Perfect Time to Wade into Water Issues

Cheryl Terrace by Cheryl Terrace | March 21st, 2011 | No Comments
topic: Green Living, Health & Wellness, Healthy Home | tags: bottled water, conservation, conserve, Dr. Masaru Emoto, drinking water, environment, environmental protection, human health, hydraulic fracking fluid, natural resources, New York City, oil drilling, perchlorate, pollution, recycle, reuse, rocket fuel, tap water, water filters, water pitchers, water quality, watershed, World Water Day

Woman splashing water in a streamOur bodies are made of it (up to 70 percent) and we can’t survive without it for more than a few days. However, water, one of our most precious resources, is something most of us take for granted.

I count myself lucky on the “water front.” As a New Yorker, I was thrilled to learn that my city’s water supply is considered one of the best and that NYC is one of the five large cities not required to filter its drinking water. That’s pretty radical considering most of the world’s pure water supply is scarce.

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