{"id":92461,"date":"2022-10-06T13:02:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T11:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mounthagen.de\/?p=92461"},"modified":"2025-03-13T17:46:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T16:46:17","slug":"saving-water-with-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/responsibility\/commitment\/saving-water-with-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving water with <i>coffee?<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"92461\" class=\"elementor elementor-92461 elementor-90914\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79c9896 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"79c9896\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17215cfc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"17215cfc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22f02266 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"22f02266\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57b11312 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"57b11312\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-4443ade elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Commitment<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1498e85f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1498e85f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Saving water with <i>coffee?<\/i><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6269ebae elementor-author-box--layout-image-above elementor-author-box--align-center elementor-author-box--avatar-yes elementor-author-box--name-yes elementor-author-box--biography-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"6269ebae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"elementor-author-box__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Portrait-Barbara-120x120.png\" alt=\"Picture of Barbara Beiertz\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBarbara Beiertz\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40a48365 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40a48365\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfoto: jakob braun on unsplash\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63e78762 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63e78762\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7022a283\" data-id=\"7022a283\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa4f170\" data-id=\"aa4f170\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a215611 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a215611\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Water is in fact not my element. I don\u2019t like swimming. I prefer showering over taking a bath. And honestly? I rather have a coffee than water. <em>So basically, I am quite economical when it comes to the precious commodity. At least that\u2019s what I thought.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-18048bbc\" data-id=\"18048bbc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7bf888f5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7bf888f5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-323a4e3f\" data-id=\"323a4e3f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43dd42a9\" data-id=\"43dd42a9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-585a1cb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"585a1cb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">But did you know that the average water consumption of Germans is \u201conly\u201d 34 gallons per day?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-671ba0d\" data-id=\"671ba0d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-16b40ff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"16b40ff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4077896\" data-id=\"4077896\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec31771\" data-id=\"ec31771\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dee726 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1dee726\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>Plus, an additional 1050 to 1320 gallons of so called virtual water.<\/strong><\/em> Meaning the amount of water required to produce various products \u2013 whether tomatoes, phones, or t-shirts. And because we are world Champions in importing goods from water-scarce regions \u2013 like Spanish tomatoes \u2013 the German water footprint does not look all that good anymore:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c597a63\" data-id=\"c597a63\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ebc9dfb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ebc9dfb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e383257\" data-id=\"e383257\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-da96675\" data-id=\"da96675\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dde9768 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dde9768\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">377,766 gallons of water per resident per day<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b3a8c87\" data-id=\"b3a8c87\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d42e290 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d42e290\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f5c51d\" data-id=\"8f5c51d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ad60ab\" data-id=\"6ad60ab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e5dec7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e5dec7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>That is just a tiny bit more than 12,410 gallons (34 gallons x 365 days)\u2026<\/strong><\/em> The interesting thing about it: Almost 70% of the consumption is caused outside of Germany. And how these regions look like became quite obvious during the last summers.<\/p><p><em><strong>One could say now:<\/strong><\/em> <em>\u201cWell, we are paying for these things. Then the countries must economize better\u2026\u201d<\/em> And: <em>\u201cIf I cut short on this end, that doesn\u2019t help over there\u201d.<\/em> But that is not true. It does. You can make a huge difference. Each and every one can. You could for example ask yourself you need to buy roses from Kenia. Or wine from South Africa. Do you need strawberries in winter? And another shirt that is on sale?<\/p><p><em><strong>In a nutshell:<\/strong><\/em> You can buy regional and seasonal. You can wear your clothes longer. Use items longer. You can eat less meat, because that has a double negative effect in terms of water consumption because of the feed production. And: You can support organic and Demeter cultivation. <em>Which is what we do.<\/em><\/p><p>The water footprint is not evaluated in the certificates. But as our Demeter coffee farmer in Peru proves quite lively, the biodynamic cultivation improves the soil quality significantly. And not only with regard to nutrient content and the microorganisms, but also regarding the ability to store water, which is significantly better compared to the conventional cultivation.<\/p><p><em><strong>One reason for that are the shade trees,<\/strong> <\/em>under which our coffee grows, in small, so-called coffee gardens. There, less water evaporates. Also, the groundcover, which is not eradicated by herbicides, helps to improve the soil. It is rich in humus and has a good root penetration which improves the ability to store more water. Have a look at this short video, where you can see all of it <em>\u201clive and in color\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-063378d\" data-id=\"063378d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e837d6c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e837d6c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8fdfe0\" data-id=\"d8fdfe0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c17ecc\" data-id=\"4c17ecc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c89d9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"8c89d9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mount-Hagen-Wasser-und-Anbau-EN.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ceac31e\" data-id=\"ceac31e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-34a3dc0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"34a3dc0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a1cdc8c\" data-id=\"a1cdc8c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59ed6de\" data-id=\"59ed6de\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb36377 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb36377\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>The great thing about this extraordinary farm La Chacra D\u2019dago is, that water is successfully conserved though recycling.<\/strong> <\/em>It is for example used in a closed circuit to wash the coffee cherries and is then cleared in a \u201cnatural 3-tank-plant\u201d together with the water from the fermentation process, where the pH level is neutralized. That way, it can be fed into the river again without having any negative effects.<\/p><p>This system works so efficiently, that coffee farmers in the region are thinking about using it for themselves and even the municipal administration in Villa Rice is considering its implementation. <em>Not so bad for Demeter farmers who had not been taken serious for a long time, don\u2019t you think?<\/em><\/p><p><em><strong>We are going to tell you a lot more about this farm in the upcoming weeks and months. Peru is beautiful. La Chacra D\u2019dago is a paradise. And the people there are far more than just \u201cour\u201d coffee suppliers. They are friends. Good friends.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c99a97\" data-id=\"3c99a97\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c06c17d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c06c17d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38942d1\" data-id=\"38942d1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e1a4d5a\" data-id=\"e1a4d5a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20871f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20871f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>*WHAT IS VIRTUAL WATER?<\/h4><p><em><strong>In general:<\/strong><\/em> <em>The water that is consumed in all(!) steps of the manufacturing process of a product or a service.<\/em><\/p><p><em><strong>Example:<\/strong> 2.2 lbs of beef require worldwide an average of 3,963 gallons of water (93% green, 4% blue, 3% grey water foot print). But there are major deviations depending on the type of farming and the composition and origin of the feed.<\/em><\/p><p><em><strong>There are three types:<\/strong><\/em><br \/><em>\u2022 green virtual water for precipitation and natural soil moisture.<\/em><br \/><em>\u2022 blue virtual water for artificial irrigation<\/em><br \/><em>\u2022 grey virtual water, that is affected during its usage (by fertilizers, pesticides, industrial waste) and can only be recycled to a limited extend.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9122b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9122b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Sources:<br \/><\/strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/wikipedia.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">wikipedia.org<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.br.de\/radio\/bayern1\/inhalt\/experten-tipps\/umweltkommissar\/wasserverbrauch-virtuell-herstellung-umweltkommissar-100.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">www.br.de\/radio\/bayern1\/inhalt\/experten-tipps\/umweltkommissar\/wasserverbrauch-virtuell-herstellung-umweltkommissar-100.html<\/a><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6dd6bd9\" data-id=\"6dd6bd9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b><I>Meanwhile everyone should be aware: Water is a very precious commodity.<\/I><\/b> But even though, here in Germany we are quite economic with water \u2013 at least the average consumption of water during a shower was reduced from 40 to 34 gallons per day \u2013 our water footprint still does not look so good. <I>Why? You can find out in this article. As well as the connection between organic coffee and water conservation. 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