Calculate your Water Footprint in three ways, keeping track of the information the calculators are using to make their estimates, along with your results. First, use the quick calculator (first citation below), then work through the extended calculator (second citation below) and see how your footprints compare. Third, work through either calculator, but change your country or some other input.
Water Footprint Calculators
Chapagain, AK, Hoekstra, AY and Mekonnen, M (2007). Your Water Footprint – The Quick Calculator. University of Twente. http://www.waterfootprint.org/?page=cal/waterfootprintcalculator_indv
Chapagain, AK, Hoekstra, AY and Mekonnen, M (2007). Your Water Footprint – Extended Calculator. University of Twente. http://www.waterfootprint.org/index.php?page=cal/WaterFootprintCalculator
(It’s under the resources button)
Type up your answers to the following questions.
1) Provide the results of your water footprint quizzes. (5pts)
2) Write a paragraph comparing the results, your take on their relative accuracy, and the impact of changing your country of origin or some other input. (3pts)
3) Write a paragraph consisting of your evaluation of the value of water footprint analysis. What is to be learned from it? How can it be used? What are its limitations? (3pts)