Activity Booklet for Schools: Water Footprint
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WATER BEST PRACTICES Water is one of the critical issues facing the world currently. On one hand there is scarcity of water with no water in some parts of the country and on the other hand there is water available but is polluted. Think about these questions. 1. Where does our water come from ? 2. What is the quality of water? 3. How much water do we use ? 4. Do we use it wisely or wastefully? 5. Where does the water we use go? 6. Does our waste water get treated before it leaves our compound? 7. How do we treat wastewater? 8. Can this treated water be reused? For what? The questions become very critical to look at as well as pertinent for achieving better and sustainable water management. Water sources Water usage Waste water / grey water FOLLOW THE WATER Learn & follow this visual code to find inputs, uses, reuse, recycling and disposal processes reuse knowledge Water meter RWH - Rain water Harvesting source recycling use disposal Fractured zone Weathered zone Top soil GOVT. OHT Washing Water tanker Open /recharge well River Drinking Leach Pit Cleaning Planted gravel filter Treated water storage unit Toilets Hand wash Groundwater Rain water Water tank Kitchen Sump Modified Septic tank Chemistry lab Weather station Drip irrigation
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WATERBEST PRACTICES
Water is one of the critical issues facing the world currently. On one hand there is scarcity of water with no water in some parts of the country and on the other hand there is water available but is polluted. Think about these questions.
1. Where does our water come from ?2. What is the quality of water?3. How much water do we use ?4. Do we use it wisely or wastefully?5. Where does the water we use go?6. Does our waste water get treated before it leaves our compound?7. How do we treat wastewater?8. Can this treated water be reused? For what?
The questions become very critical to look at as well as pertinent for achieving better and sustainable water management.
Water sources
Water usage
Waste water / grey water
FOLLOW THE WATERLearn & follow this visual code to findinputs, uses, reuse, recycling anddisposal processes
reuse knowledge
Water meter RWH - Rain waterHarvesting
source recycling
use disposal
Fractured zone
Weathered zoneTop soil
GOVT. OHT
Washing
Water
tanker
Open /recharge
well
River
Drinking
Leach Pit
Cleaning
Planted gravel
filter
Treated water
storage unit
Toilets
Hand wash
Groundwater
Rain water
Water tank
Kitchen
SumpModified Septic tank
Chemistry lab
Weather station
Drip irrigation
