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.
Analysis Part 1: Analyzing the Water Efficiency of Your Local Water Treatment and Distribution Systems Handout
You have calculated the water footprint of your community and its tap water using real information that you found from your research but you may now be wondering how different these footprints might have been if some things in your community or at your treatment facility were different. You can use the calculations process you learned to test different changes and see how they could affect your footprint values.