Global Water Footprint of Key Crops
In order to grow the corn for your tortilla and the cotton for your T-shirt, farmers rely on freshwater from the world's river basins. Whether crops get watered by rain only or by irrigation as well, much of the water gets "consumed" through evaporation or transpiration, and so is no longer locally available. Click to learn more about the water embedded in everyday items, and calculate your own water footprint.
