Thames Water's Water Makeover Project: Page 2
In twelve of the schools ech2o worked with the pupils to collect data about their use of water at home and to identify behavioural changes to reduce their family’s water footprint. Each pupil involved in this part of the project received a home pack which included a shower timer, a save-a-flush bag (to reduce WC flushing volumes by 1 litre), a measuring tool (to record flow rates from taps and showers), stickers about saving water, and a questionnaire (to fill out at home) which details behavioural use of water. By working with families in this way, valuable data is collected, the wider community becomes involved, and analysis of the data enables ech2o to draw conclusions about behaviour around water in homes. Analysis of the data was shared with the participating schools.
The educational part of the Water Makeover links into key stages 1, 2, 3 and 4 across maths, science geography and citizenship. ech2o worked with pupils from ages 5 to 18, and at the end of the project had achieved a more sustainable water culture amongst the staff, pupils and their families in the participating schools. This greater water-awareness and the corresponding step change in behaviour around the use of water both at school and at home, has the potential to save as much as 27,000m3 of water a year.
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