Abstract:
Water footprint (WF) reflects how
efficiently water has been utilized in the production
cycle of a particular product or service. Under the
production conditions of the farm of the Faculty of
Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka studied,
the WF of Chicken Egg was calculated as 3734 m3/ton.
Other than drinking and servicing water, feed water
accounted over 99% of the WF of egg production. It
is concluded that through appropriate interventions,
both at policy and industry level, water footprint of egg
production systems can be lowered substantially.