6,776
gallons of water per item, global average
One item: one leather jacket (about 3.3 lb leather)
The same volume as
🥛
108,416
Glass of Water (8 oz)
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54,208
Water Bottle (16 oz)
About this figure
A bovine-leather jacket using roughly 3.3 pounds of leather embeds about 6,800 gallons, almost all of it from raising the cattle. Estimated from the WFN leather figure of about 2,049 gallons per pound. Source: Water Footprint Network (Mekonnen and Hoekstra), per-item estimate. Figures are global-average total water footprints (green, blue and grey water) per item. They are not California-specific and are on a different basis from the crop sheets, which show California irrigation water applied per serving.
Sources
Global-average water footprints per item: Water Footprint Network (Mekonnen and Hoekstra) for cotton, leather and paper goods, applied to typical item mass; item-specific life-cycle assessments for the smartphone, silicon wafer, desktop computer, car, disposable diaper and bottled water, as named on each sheet.
Figures as of September 10, 2026.
How to cite
Everyday Goods Water Fact Sheet: Leather Jacket. conciseVerbosity, September 10, 2026. https://api.conciseverbosity.com/water-facts/goods/leather-jacket.html