Question

The daily drinking water requirement per person is 2-4 litres. According to the UN, how many litres of water, on average, does it take to produce one person's daily food?
a. 10-15 litres
b. 100-150 litres
c. 500-1,000 litres
d. 1,000-5,000 litres

Answer 1

"d. 1,000-5,000 liters" of water, on average, it takes to produce one person's daily food

What is average water demand?

• Average water demand or average water requirement is the amount of water required by a person to perform his daily tasks e.g. washing, bathing, brushing teeth etc.

Average amount of water to produce one person's food daily

• On the basis of research, UN has found out that on average a person required 1000-5000 liters of water to meet daily food requirements.