Environmental Engineering Reference
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Table 1.3
Virtual water in various food and manufactured products
Amount of product
Water consumed (gallons)
FOOD
1 cup coffee
37
1 pound corn
108
1 pound wheat
156
1 pound rice
185
1 quart milk
208
1 pound soybeans
363
1 pound broken rice
407
1 pound poultry
542
1 dozen large eggs
592
1 pound pork
608
1 pound beef
1,800
MANUFACTURED
Diaper
215
Cotton shirt
300
Bed sheet
2,584
Jeans
2,875
Passenger car
106,000
Average house
1,590,000
217
15497
255
1 egg
909
1 kg potato
1334
1 kg maize
2291
1 kg wheat
3046
1 kg rice
1 kg chicken
1 kg beef
Figure 1.4
Amounts of virtual water in various foodstuffs, expressed in liters per kilogram. (Offi ce
for Economic Co-operation and Development)
