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Can you think of ways of reducing the amount of water that reaches our

drains?

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Collect and recycle rainfall to water your garden!

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Get planting!

Before After – The plants here are highly

water absorbent.

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Get planting!

Before After – Also help calm traffic, as well as absorbing water.

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Make a rain water garden

Drawn by: Kevin Perry April 27, 2005

Glencoe Elementary School Raingarden

Again, highly absorbent plants to take up as much water as possible, and reduce the amount entering drains.

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Reduce how much water you put down the drain!6

Be more water efficient!

Play the ‘Waterwise or Waterwaster’ game on NGfL Cymru