1. Each person should find two sources that contain virtual water data for consumer products [minimum of 5 products per source]. If you can't find consumer product data, then substitute agricultural products.
2. Each person should create an annotated bibliography entry for each source they found. Please see: Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/1/. Your entry should be in MLA format and similar to the MLA sample shown on the Purdue OWL.
3. Each person should calculate their water footprint using the water footprint calculator:
https://waterfootprint.org/en/resources/interactive-tools/personal-water-footprint-calculator/personal-calculator-extended/
4. Finally, each person should prepare an essay about virtual water and how it relates to the water-energy nexus.
Please see the following materials about the water-energy nexus:
Water-Energy Nexus Ontario
https://poliswaterproject.org/sites/default/files/nexus-report_final.pdf
Water-Food-Energy Nexus
https://www.fao.org/nr/water/docs/FAO_nexus_concept.pdf
STRUCTURE OF YOUR PAPER
Your paper must contain the following information in the following order:
First: The two annotated bibliography entries
Second: Your essay
Third: On the page following the last page of the essay, a references page. You should have in-text citations throughout the essay that point to the references on the references page.
Fourth: Appendices that contain the results of your personal water footprint and any other supporting material.
Length of paper: 5 pages maximum/4 pages minimum [this does not count the references page and the appendices]. The paper should be 12 point font/double-spaced throughout (no mixed fonts or spacing).
Any material used in the paper that was taken from someone else's work must be cited in the text of the paper and each citation must point to a reference on the references page. Material copied word-for-word must also be placed in quotation marks. The references should be alphabetized. The paper should have page numbers.
Some resources
Water-Energy Nexus Ontario
https://poliswaterproject.org/sites/default/files/nexus-report_final.pdf
Water-Food-Energy Nexus
https://www.fao.org/nr/water/docs/FAO_nexus_concept.pdf
Virtual Water
https://www.sciencedirect.com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/science/article/pii/S0301421509008441
Water Footprint Calculator
https://waterfootprint.org/en/resources/interactive-tools/personal-water-footprint-calculator/personal-calculator-extended/