Added: Aug 29, 2008
From: instablogs
Duration: 1:10
This is Amanda Thomas Citizen Journalist from the UK British overconsumption of water and its impact around the world warns of the hidden levels needed to produce food and clothing. Only 38% of the water used by the UK comes from its own resources, with much of the rest coming from countries such as Spain and Morocco, which face serious shortages. The average UK household consumption for washing and drinking is 30 times more than the virtual water used in the production of imported food and textiles. What's particularly worrying is that the huge amounts of food and cotton we consume are grown in drier areas of the world where water resources are either already stressed or very likely to become so in the near future. This need to be taken care of as we are knowingly contributing to the slow death of some of the world's most important rivers, and we may not be able to rely on the same supplies in the future, with fresh water now being described as "the new oil", a finite resource running out. http://www.instablogs.com/
Channel: News
Tags: consumption global over report scarcity uk water
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