Boosting Water Productivity

State of the World Trends and Facts: "The United States: A Water Glutton
Indoor water use in U.S. homes is estimated to average 262 liters per capita a day. People living in the United Kingdom use only about 70 percent as much water as the most water-thrifty Americans do.
The irrigation of U.S. lawns and landscapes daily claims an estimated 30 billion liters of water�a volume that would fill 14 billion six-packs of beer.
With its high meat content, the average U.S. diet requires 5.4 cubic meters of water per person per day�twice as much as an equally (or more) nutritious vegetarian diet than from rice.
The average U.S. household, by using 10,000 kWh of electricity per year, is also indirectly consuming an additional 83 cubic meters of water�a volume equivalent to nearly 14,000 flushes of an efficient toilet. "