How much water

Ethanol and Corn Need of Water to Grow


174 Bushels of corn to one acre plus or minus 25 bushels

350,000.00 gallons of water to grow that corn on that one acre per a 100 day growing cycle.

350,000.00 divided by 174 bushels equals 2011.4943 gallons of water per bushel.

2011.494253 gallons of water per each bushel of corn needed just for growing.


The proposed ethanol plant in Wright, Kansas will require 39 million bushels of corn to make 110 million gallons of ethanol.

2011.494 times 39,000,000.00 bushels equals 78,448,275,862.07 gallons of water for that one growing season.

Please note that that is 78 billion, 448 million, 275 thousand, etc. gallons of water.

Where is that water going to come from and not hurt each and every one of us and our children?