The Human Impacts Database

A collection of useful numbers for quantifying the impacts of the human presence on Earth.


Global water consumed by livestock

WaterAgriculture

This quantity is a single measurement of the quantity at a given point in time (2016).

Value:

This is equivalent to...

≈ 17 × 1012 L / yr

≈ 17 km3 / yr

HuID: 95345
Relevant Year(s): 2016
Summary: Total water consumed by livestock in 2016.
Source: Quin, Y., Mueller, N. D., Siebert, S., Jackson, R. B. , AghaKouchak, A., Zimmerman, J. B., Tong, D., Hong, C., Davis, S.J. Flexibility and intensity of global water use. Nature Sustainibility (2019)
Dataset: Water volume use by category in 2016 (Qin2019_category_volume_breakdown_2016.csv)
global resolution
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Added By: rbanks