What’s Using All the Water

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The Colorado River Is Shrinking. See What’s Using All the Water.

 

By Elena Shao  May 22, 2023, New York Times

 

 

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The majority [55%] of the water in the Colorado River basin is used to grow feed for livestock, connecting the region’s water crisis to how much dairy and meat we eat.

 

[I]t could take more than 38 gallons of water, by some estimates, to produce one quarter-pound beef patty. That includes the water to grow all the feed like alfalfa and hay that the cattle themselves eat. In comparison, you need about five gallons of water to get the same amount of protein from tofu.

 

Those [meat] products might need to become more of a specialty item in our diets “rather than something we consume every day.”