Water Kit - Hunter Water
Water Kit - Hunter Water Water Kit - Hunter Water
intorduction to water conservation Water Supply The importance of being waterwise and conserving water becomes clear when you consider that: • Cean, fresh water is a finite resource • Australia is the driest inhabited continent in the world with very limited freshwater resources Hunter Water is responsible for providing reliable and safe water and wastewater services to residents, businesses and industry in the Lower Hunter. Water conservation measures and water use regulation are both important ways to ensure the region will continue to have access to clean drinking water. In more recent times our water supply has come under more pressure from pollution and drought. Fortunately, there has also been a growing awareness of the need to protect our environment and conserve our water resources - government, industry, business, schools, the community and individuals all have a role to play in managing water in Australia. Learning Opportunities This Water Kit provides information and worksheets to help schools integrate local and regional water issues into their curriculum. A range of issues are addressed in this section, including: • Water use across the Lower Hunter and its environmental, economic and social impacts • The importance of regulation and conservation in protecting water quality and supply • The nature of water use in the home and ways to use it more wisely • Steps to conserve water at school and how to conduct a water audit • Water conservation initiatives in the Lower Hunter The information and worksheets within this section can be used collectively, independently or combined with those from other sections of the kit. Water kit . ssS . 001 . april 2010 1
Links with THE Syllabus Used collectively, the information and worksheets from this section address the following syllabus outcomes: key learning area stage syllabus outcomes addressed Human Society and Its Environment 3 ENS3.5 - Patterns of place and location ENS3.6 - Relationship with places SSS3.7 - Resource systems Science and technology 3 ICS3.2 - Information and communication PSS3.5 - Products and services ESS3.6 - Earth and its surroundings INV3.7 - Investigating UTS3.9 - Using Technology Physical Development, Health and Physical Education Mathematics 3 COS3.1 - Communicating DMS3.2 - Decision making PSS3.5 - Problem solving PHS3.12 - Personal health choices WM3.1 - Questioning WM3.2 - Problem solving WM3.3 - Communicating WM3.4 - Verifying WM3.5 - Reflecting WM3.6 - Using technology S3.5 - Data representation M3.1 - Measurement attributes, units and tools M3.4 - Capacity and volume Geography 4* 4G1 - Investigating the world 4G2 - Global environments 4G3 - Managing global environments 4G4 - Global citizenship * While Stage 4 focusses on global issues, the kit could be used to compare the Lower Hunter with communities/issues outside Australia Geography 5 5A2 - Changing Australian environments 5A3 - Issues in Australian environments 5A4 - Australia in its regional and global context Science 4 4.4 - Implications of science for society and the environment 4.11 - Natural resources 4.13 - Identifying and planning an investigation 4.14 - Performing first-hand investigations 4.15 - Gathering first-hand information 4.16 - Gathering information from secondary sources 4.17 - Processing information 4.18 - Presenting information 4.19 - Thinking critically 4.20 - Problem solving 4.21- Use of creativity and imagination to solve problems 4.22 - Working individually and in teams Water kit . ssS . 001 . april 2010 2
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- Page 5 and 6: introduction WHY STUDY WATER? Water
- Page 7 and 8: 1.1 the water cycle INTRODUCTION Mo
- Page 9 and 10: BREAKING THE WATER CYCLE To supply
- Page 11 and 12: Hunter Water’s area of operations
- Page 13 and 14: Protecting and managing the catchme
- Page 15 and 16: Water From The Mountains Chichester
- Page 17 and 18: Rewarding Water Conservation A new
- Page 19 and 20: Main infrastructure of Hunter Water
- Page 21 and 22: 1.6 the managing groundwater supply
- Page 23 and 24: Water Sharing Plan for the Tomago,
- Page 25 and 26: Monitoring the Hunter catchment The
- Page 27 and 28: Environmental Hunter Water: • Dev
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- Page 31 and 32: labour is invested on the site annu
- Page 33 and 34: influences on water supply in the h
- Page 35 and 36: ainfall patterns and water supply w
- Page 37 and 38: managing water supply sustainably w
- Page 39: 1.8 Sustainability & Water Supply S
- Page 43 and 44: Integrated Water Resource Plan The
- Page 45 and 46: 2.2 being waterwise at home Our wat
- Page 47 and 48: 2.3 being waterwise at school Water
- Page 49 and 50: 2.4 school water audit Why DO A wat
- Page 51 and 52: 2.6 think twice water saving campai
- Page 53 and 54: design a water saving campaign work
- Page 55 and 56: assessing water conservation scheme
- Page 57 and 58: 8 Use wetlands to store stormwater
- Page 59 and 60: water audits - a case study workshe
- Page 61 and 62: desktop water audit worksheet 4 Ask
- Page 63 and 64: asic water audit worksheet 5 Leakin
- Page 65 and 66: environmental audit protocol worksh
- Page 67 and 68: water conservation resource list 2.
- Page 69 and 70: Links with THE Syllabus Used collec
- Page 71 and 72: These controls specify the quality
- Page 73 and 74: wwtw population communities daily v
- Page 75 and 76: Grit Tank Inorganic grit material i
- Page 77 and 78: 3.5 stormwater management What is s
- Page 79 and 80: 3.6 managing stormwater with sqids
- Page 81 and 82: ) Suggest strategies that might be
- Page 83 and 84: Does it transport rubbish down into
- Page 85 and 86: stormwater in your school worksheet
- Page 87 and 88: improving wastewater worksheet 4 2
- Page 89 and 90: support material This section conta
Links with THE Syllabus<br />
Used collectively, the information and<br />
worksheets from this section address the<br />
following syllabus outcomes:<br />
key learning area stage syllabus outcomes addressed<br />
Human Society and Its Environment 3 ENS3.5 - Patterns of place and location<br />
ENS3.6 - Relationship with places<br />
SSS3.7 - Resource systems<br />
Science and technology 3 ICS3.2 - Information and communication<br />
PSS3.5 - Products and services<br />
ESS3.6 - Earth and its surroundings<br />
INV3.7 - Investigating<br />
UTS3.9 - Using Technology<br />
Physical Development, Health and<br />
Physical Education<br />
Mathematics 3<br />
COS3.1 - Communicating<br />
DMS3.2 - Decision making<br />
PSS3.5 - Problem solving<br />
PHS3.12 - Personal health choices<br />
WM3.1 - Questioning<br />
WM3.2 - Problem solving<br />
WM3.3 - Communicating<br />
WM3.4 - Verifying<br />
WM3.5 - Reflecting<br />
WM3.6 - Using technology<br />
S3.5 - Data representation<br />
M3.1 - Measurement attributes, units and tools<br />
M3.4 - Capacity and volume<br />
Geography 4* 4G1 - Investigating the world<br />
4G2 - Global environments<br />
4G3 - Managing global environments<br />
4G4 - Global citizenship<br />
* While Stage 4 focusses on global issues, the kit could be used to<br />
compare the Lower <strong>Hunter</strong> with communities/issues outside Australia<br />
Geography 5<br />
5A2 - Changing Australian environments<br />
5A3 - Issues in Australian environments<br />
5A4 - Australia in its regional and global context<br />
Science 4 4.4 - Implications of science for society and the environment<br />
4.11 - Natural resources<br />
4.13 - Identifying and planning an investigation<br />
4.14 - Performing first-hand investigations<br />
4.15 - Gathering first-hand information<br />
4.16 - Gathering information from secondary sources<br />
4.17 - Processing information<br />
4.18 - Presenting information<br />
4.19 - Thinking critically<br />
4.20 - Problem solving<br />
4.21- Use of creativity and imagination to solve problems<br />
4.22 - Working individually and in teams<br />
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