{"id":1099,"date":"2016-10-25T19:22:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T19:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2019-02-05T12:18:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T17:18:37","slug":"top-water-consuming-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/top-water-consuming-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Water-Using Countries in the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

As humans, we drink a lot of water. Generally speaking, the more clean water that is available, the more we drink.\u00a0A few key factors contribute to the increase in fresh water consumption\u2014including population growth, urbanization, and quality of life.<\/p>\n

As those things increase, so does the amount of water we consume. But it isn’t just human consumption that contributes to the increasing use of water. Countries also use fresh water for industry, irrigation, livestock, and other purposes.<\/p>\n

All of that factors into the annual water footprint statistics reported in this post from\u00a0WQP (Water Quality Products)<\/a> and attributed to Waterless Co. Inc. According to that post, here are the 10 countries that use the most water and how much they use annually.<\/p>\n

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10 Countries That Use the Most Water<\/h3>\n
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  1. China<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 362 trillion gallons<\/li>\n
  2. United States<\/strong> \u2013 \u00a0216 trillion gallons<\/li>\n
  3. Brazil<\/strong> \u2013 95 trillion gallons<\/li>\n
  4. Russia<\/strong> \u2013 71 trillion gallons<\/li>\n
  5. Mexico<\/strong> \u2013 53 trillion gallons<\/li>\n
  6. India<\/strong> \u2013 30 trillion gallons<\/li>\n
  7. England<\/strong> \u2013 20 trillion gallons<\/li>\n
  8. France<\/strong> \u2013 20 trillion gallons<\/li>\n
  9. Canada<\/strong> \u2013 19 trillion gallons<\/li>\n
  10. Australia<\/strong> \u2013 12 trillion gallons<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    A Few Notable Worldwide Water Use\u00a0Stats<\/h3>\n
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    • 878 trillion gallons<\/strong> of water are used by the 10 countries listed above annually<\/li>\n
    • 673 trillion gallons<\/strong> of water are used by just the top three countries on the list (China, U.S., & Brazil)<\/li>\n
    • With a population of 1.1 billion people<\/strong>, India uses the least amount of water per person of all the countries on the list<\/li>\n
    • With a population of 300 million people<\/strong>, the United States uses the most water per person of all the countries on the list<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Globally, the amount of water we’re consuming continues to increase. 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