How big is your water footprint? You may be surprised

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How big is your water footprint? You may be surprised

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/big-water-footprint-may-surprised-162427767.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Uo6qze_J2E3C_Ieq4gblmQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-08-22T162427Z_1_LYNXMPEA7L0PL_RTROPTP_2_AUSTRALIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Storm clouds and dust can be seen in the sky above a woman as she walks at dusk along Mollymook Beach" align="left" title="Storm clouds and dust can be seen in the sky above a woman as she walks at dusk along Mollymook Beach" border="0" /></a>LONDON, Aug 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)- If you recently bought a pair of jeans or ate a burger for dinner, followed by a nice cup of coffee, you probably didn't link the touch of cotton or the aroma of the food to the amount of water that was used to produce them. There is more to a cup of coffee than just the 125 ml of water poured into a cafetiere: an astounding 140 litres of water is needed to grow the coffee beans for one cup. Our decisions about what we consume affect water resources in places where the products are made. According to Ruth Mathews, director of the Water Footprint Network, which promotes sustainability and efficiency of water use, it’s time not just for big companies - many of which have already started calculating their water footprints - but also for individuals to be aware of the effects of their consumption.</p><br clear="all"/>

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