17 - Freshwater consumption
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The fresh water concerned by this card is blue water, that is to say that which can be pumped and used directly.
1Ursache
Productivist agriculture/breeding accounts for 70% of drinking water withdrawals in the world (and up to 95% in certain developing countries!), industry (20%) and domestic consumption 10%. The reason is the gigantic irrigation of our crops.
1Auswirkung
Significant consumption or withdrawal of fresh water modifies the natural cycle, by delaying returns to the natural environment (storage), by moving volumes of water (pumping to one place and return to another), by modifying the constitution (temperature , pollution).
1Andere mögliche Ursache
Industry consumes 20% of fresh water, in 2nd place after agriculture (far ahead with 70%).