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Operation Community Water Footprint Lesson Plan

Operation Community Water Footprint Lesson Plan

Students will conduct research on the process used to treat local tap water. Students will analyze data and perform calculations regarding water use in water treatment processes. Students will investigate the drinking water quality test results for local water and consider the implications of the results. Students will share and compare their results with those of other classes and communities across the country.

All Five Operation Community Water Footprint Handouts in One Document

All Five Operation Community Water Footprint Handouts in One Document

The Safe Drinking Water Foundation believes that everyone should understand how their local tap water is treated and delivered and have an idea of the cost of those processes. By ‘cost’ we are not talking about money but about hidden costs to the environment and human health impacts.

Calculations: Calculating the Water Footprint of Your Local Drinking Water Handout

Calculations: Calculating the Water Footprint of Your Local Drinking Water Handout

The information that you gathered through your research can be used to calculate the water footprint of your local drinking water. Throughout this series of calculations we will be talking about the water footprints of both processes and products.

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