WATER EFFICIENT COW'S MILK
Water Footprint – Soy Drink 3763 litres
Water Footpint – Cow's Milk 1020 litres
Water-Footprint: Green, Blue, Grey, Total
Cow's milk: 863, 86, 72, 1020
Soy so-called “milk”: 3574, 123, 65, 3763
Vegans could save 3763 - 102 2743 litres of water by drinking a litre of Cow’s Milk, instead of a litre of Soy Drink.
Even some fruit juices have Water Footprints, just as high, or higher, than Cow's milk.
Orange juice: 729, 199, 90, 1018
Cow's milk: 863, 86, 72, 1020
Apple juice: 780, 185, 176, 1141
Pineapple juice: 1075, 45, 153, 1273
“The
green, blue and grey water footprint of crops and derived crop
products” Mekonnen, M.M. and Hoekstra, A.Y. (2011) Hydrol. Earth Syst.
Sci., 15, 1577–1600, 2011:
https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/15/1577/2011/hess-15-1577-2011.pdf
On average, it takes,
a total of 1020 litres of water,
to produce 1 litre [1 kg] of milk.
962 litres for 1 kg of fruit;
1644 for cereals;
4055 for pulses [pea and beans];
9063 for nuts.
For grey water used to dilute pollutants to acceptable levels.
72 litres per litre of milk.
89 for fruit;
184 for cereals;
734 for pulses [pea and beans];
680 for nuts.
Table 6, page 29, UNESCO-IHE [Institute for Water Education] Report 48, “The Green, Blue And Grey Water Footprint Of Farm Animals And Animal Products”, Volume 1: Main Report; December 2010.
Link to Download the Report
https://www.waterfootprint.org/resources/Report-48-WaterFootprint-AnimalProducts-Vol1.pdf
Lacto-Ovo-Vegan PDFs
You can download my PDF on How to Produce Healthy Milk and Wool Humanely and Sustainably from:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kbh8Ys0cfeJ9UgkGIVGmOGnKA-6NbUcx/view
My, “Vegetarian Information Center Pamphlets”, PDF from:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ArcZXbFXOCMw4us6b_3ZoY7w3s0w5qQq/view
And, my other PDFs from:
