conciseVerbosity Crop water footprint by locationGallons per pound, by county
Crop Water Footprint by Location
How much water does it take to grow a pound of a crop near you? Enter a California town, address, or ZIP and pick a crop to see gallons of water per pound produced at every available level of detail, for explaining a figure to a reporter or checking one before a board meeting.
Tip: try Reedley, Bakersfield, or your ZIP code.
Levels of detail: 1 crop-specific published figure (Mekonnen and Hoekstra), counting rainfall and irrigation together; 2 global average for the crop; 3 DWR statewide crop category, irrigation water applied; 4 DWR county figure by year, irrigation water applied, the finest geography available.
Sources: Mekonnen and Hoekstra, water footprint of crops and derived crop products (UNESCO-IHE, 2011); California Department of Water Resources agricultural water use by county and crop category; USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service county yields. Cite as: "Crop Water Footprint by Location" conciseVerbosity, https://api.conciseverbosity.com/crop-water/.