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by benj111 2544 days ago
How many litres of water does it take to make a litre of mineral water?

How does that compare with a kg of lettuce, or tomatoes, or beef?

Bottled water has its problems, water use isnt really one of them.

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> How many litres of water does it take to make a litre of mineral water?

Interesting question, I found this article[1] which says:

- for North American companies, it takes 1.39 liters to make one liter of water

- That's less than the global averages of a liter of soda, which requires 2.02 liters of water

- A liter of beer, meanwhile, needs 4 liters of water, wine demands 4.74 liters. Hard alcohol, it turns out, is the greediest, guzzling 34.55 liters of water for every liter

[1] https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/10/28/241419373/ho...

I don't think that includes the plastic bottle.

https://naturalsociety.com/study-analyzes-wastefulness-bottl...

Veg still tends to be worse though.