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Can You Answer the Big Water Questions?

  • Why is water so important to life?
  • How do all living things depend on each other?
  • What is the water cycle?
  • What is a watershed?
  • Where does my drinking water come from?
  • Where does my wastewater go?
  • What makes water dirty?
  • How much water does my family use?
  • Who are the other water users in our society?
  • Who owns our water?
  • What can I do to protect our water?

Kids in Action

Do you know anyone who has been interviewed by Scholastic News?  Had their picture in Scholastic News?  We do!  Click here (3.5MB pdf) to see a photo and read an interview with some of our local fourth graders.

Cool Games & Videos!

Groundwater
http://www.groundwater.org/kc/groundwater_animation.html

Nonpoint Source Pollution
http://www.wef.org/PublicInformation/page.aspx?id=101&ekmensel=c57dfa7b_19_0_101_2
http://www.epa.gov/nps/kids/

Physical and Chemical Properties of Water
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/sc3.html

River
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/ActionGames/River-explorer

Wastewater/Grease in Sewers
http://www.sandiego.gov/mwwd/kids/videos/index.shtml

Water Conservation
http://www.savingwater.org/waterbusters
http://epa.gov/watersense/kids/index.html

Water Cycle
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html
http://www.wef.org/flash/aquaventure/aqua.html

Water Footprint
http://www.waterfootprint.org/index.php?page=cal/waterfootprintcalculator_indv_ext

Watershed
http://www.archive.org/details/Adventur1948

 

Small savings indoors really add up!

 

Water Conserver

Average Water User

Water Waster

Flushing toilets

1.6

3.5

5.0

Washing clothes

20.0

40.0

50.0

Showering

12.5

20.0

30.0

Bath

18.0

24.0

32.0

Brushing teeth

0.5

2.0

4.0

Washing dishes

6.0

9.0

14.0

Total 1 day, 1 person

58.6

98.5

135.0

365 days, 1 person

21,389.0

35,952.5

49,275.0

365 days, 4 people

85,556.0

143,810.0

197,100.0

 

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Why does the Water Conserver use LESS THAN HALF (43.4%)
of the water used by the Water Waster?

 

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