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March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ford reduced the average amount
of water used to make each vehicle by 8.5 percent between 2011
and 2012 – putting the company more than halfway toward its
current goal of using an average of just 4 cubic meters per
vehicle globally by 2015. Since 2000, Ford has reduced the
amount of water it uses in everything from cooling towers to
parts washing and paint operations by 10.6 billion gallons, or
62 percent. That's equal to the amount of water used by nearly
99,000 U.S. residences annually, or enough to fill 16,000
Olympic-size pools. Ford's reduced consumption rates mean even
more to regions around the world struggling with water-related
issues like drought and extensive