February 2012
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Is Agriculture Sucking Fresh Water Dry?: Science...
Is
Agriculture Sucking Fresh Water Dry?
from ScienceNOW Daily News
The average American uses enough water each year to fill an
Olympic-sized swimming pool, and global agriculture consumes a
whopping 92% of all fresh water used annually.
Those are the conclusions of the most comprehensive analysis to date
of global water use, which also finds that one-fifth of humankind’s
water...
