Sentences with phrase «total evaporation of water»

Not exact matches

Typical daily water needs figures for a sedentary individual are: • Urine — 1.2 litres • Feaces — 0.75 litres • Skin evaporation — 0.4 litres • Respiration — 0.15 litres • Total — 2.5 litres An hour of exercise uses another 1 - 2 litres of water, depending on training...

Only about 40 % of the water reaches the crops, while evaporation in the hot sun takes more than two metres of water a year from the reservoirs - a total of around 300m cubic metres from Elephant Butte alone.