Water

• It takes 2.5 million litres of water to fill 1 Olympic sized swimming pool¹
• The water to fill 2 Olympic swimming pools is needed to produce the meat from just one beef cattle^{2, 3, 4, 5}
• That’s a lot of showers!

⁽¹⁾ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic-size_swimming_pool

⁽²⁾ http://www.askthemeatman.com/yield_on_beef_carcass.htm

⁽³⁾ http://www.waterfootprint.org/?page=files/productgallery&product=beef

⁽⁴⁾ HTTP://WWW.WATERFOOTPRINT.ORG/?PAGE=FILES/HOME  WATER FOOTPRINT NETWORK SAY IT TAKES 16,000 LITRES TO PRODUCE 1KG OF BEEF  

⁽⁵⁾ http://www.earthsave.org/environment/water.htm   Earthsave say its 2500 gallons (20,833 litres per 1kg of beef)

Calculation:
5 million litres water/258kg beef from one steer =19,380 litres water per kg of beef