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Drinking tap water during one year
- Sector
- Food
- Category
- Drink and Tobacco
The average Swiss drinks 438 liters of water per year. Producing tap water includes collecting water and processing it, and injecting it into a pressurized network of pipes from the water station to faucets in private houses.
Carbon footprint breakdown
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Other processes
61.20%
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Pig iron for pipeline
17.49%
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Electricity production {DE}
13.11%
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Sinter, iron for pipeline
4.37%
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Diesel burned in building machine
3.83%
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