What is water footprint?

- Kurakluk threatens the life of 1,9 billion people living in 110 countries and this figure is expected to be 3 billion until 2050. [

- Let’s consider the danger as far as we’re talking about in the continuous world. Because Turkey does not accept water rich as a country. Due to its increased population, rapid urbanization and growing industry, the need for water consumption of our country is expected to increase 3 times in the next 25 years.

It is necessary to think well about water, because it increases quickly to a limited source. It is important to repair drip taps, to apply savings methods at home such as using efficient fixtures, of course, but to think a little too big. Because we have water in almost everything we use. By doing the right preferences, not only the water we consume in homes and offices, we can save water in the products we use, [ We can reduce our footprint.

First time revealed in 2002 Su Footprint] The concept expresses much more than the water consumed directly. The water we use for our needs such as food, drinking, cleaning, personal care, is the only visible face of ice mountain. When the products we use are produced, the amount of water is consumed. Our footprint in the water also comes into account all these criteria. [

Although the method of calculation appears complicated, ]WWF-Turkey]] when the coffee sample reads, it is understood that a cup of coffee is needed much more than water.[ The journey of the coffee consists of the following steps:]

The growing of coffee plant

Rafine

Naclinic

Bundle of coffee beans

Sale of coffee

] Filling the cup of coffee

] The amount of water required to come to our table of coffee 140 litre]. (If you want to drink your coffee in the paper cup, milk and sugar according to the figures shared by the WWF-Turkey, this amount is [208 liters. ]

You have to review about 30 liters of water if you use your tea. One simple pizza 1260 litres means 1700 litres of water if a kg of beef 16 thousand liters, 100 grams of chocolate. Of course, work is only limited to food Tags. Everything from the shirt we dress up to the energy we consume to warm up from the paper we write on.

Cream creator Profesor Arjen Y. Hoekstra states that topics such as water scarcity and pollution can be understood as a whole of the production and supply chain. According to Hoekstra, “water problems are connected closely with the structure of global economy in general. Many countries import water footprints, more than water density from other regions, greatly excludes products and goods. This creates a print on water sources in export countries where experienced water management mechanisms are largely missing. ” [If a country is rich in water resources, it is necessary to necessarily save in water consumption.

about 700 m3] per year from world’s largest production powers. The biggest consumer in the world is in the US 2500 m3. [The water footprint per person is approached to 2000 m3]. 80% of production and consumption in Turkey are based on internal water resources, the sustainability of water resources directly affects the country economy.
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What should we do to minimize our individual and socially water footprint? First we need to adopt applications that help save water in our homes and offices. Let’s forget that these types of daily habit changes to support the sustainability of the water will also relieve our bills in the short run. [

We can then focus on our water footprint and our influence on nature, thinking a bit larger diameter. By choosing conscious products we use, it is possible to reduce our footprint in water by turning our waste back, not only water, but also energy saving; by establishing a sustainable life with summary.

] In Turkey, 11 percent of the water is used in the industry, 15 percent in homes and 74 percent in agriculture. Therefore, it is necessary to pay special attention to the efficiency projects in production and agriculture.

The reason why the lion share in the water consumption does not take agricultural production, wild irrigation methods. 75 percent of the water used in the treatment is consumed in the form of saling irrigation, 17 percent of the precipitation and 8 percent drip irrigation . The use of methods such as drip irrigation in agricultural production leads to healing not only in many different areas. With drip irrigation, it can water up to three floors using the same amount of water with salma irrigation. Thus, the agricultural fields that are left from thirst are brought into production, the efficiency is increasing. Intelligent use of water in agriculture prevents salting and erosion of the territory. [

If the water is used efficiently, it triggers saving in many sectors associated with each other. Water is one of the most important inputs in production. A page is consumed 10 liters of water to produce paper. Full 91 litres if the footprint of 500 grams of plastic is in the water. No product we use in daily life, no water is used in production Home. For all these reasons, it is necessary to pay attention to the sustainable use of water in production.

The presence of water, which is indispensable for consumption and more importantly living, is an integral requirement of sustainable development. We must organize all our preferences according to the efficient use of water to look at the future. The amount of water in the earth will not increase, but using the existing water correctly, we can increase the number of years that we will pass in peace with water, let the next generations a blue world. [