713
gallons of water per item
Per item: one cotton T-shirt (~250 g)
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35.7
Washing Machine Load
About This Data
One cotton T-shirt embeds about 2,700 liters (roughly 700 gallons), almost all of it for growing and processing the cotton. Source: Water Footprint Network (Mekonnen & Hoekstra).
Figures are global-average totals (green + blue + grey water) per item and are not California-specific; the crop fact sheets on this site show California consumptive water use (green + blue, excludes grey) per serving, so compare with that difference in mind.