Northumbrian Water

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Northumbrian Water Eco schools
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Who are we?

• We are your local water company
• We collect water from the natural environment
• We provide you with clean, safe drinking water
• We send this water to homes, schools
• and businesses.
• Once it has been used we take the
• dirty water away and retreat before
• returning it to the environment.
• We manage the infrastructure to allow this
• to happen.

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Water is precious

• Water is all around us
• 70 planet is water
• 97 water on earth is sea water
• 3 is fresh water
• 1 available to drink

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Why is Northumbrian Water involved in education?

• Northumbrian Water provides water and waste water
  services to 2.6 million customers in the north
  east of England.
• As a responsible business we have a corporate
  responsibility to use our resources for the
  benefit not only of our customers and
  shareholders, but also for the wider community.
• As a result we are immersed in local community
  life and believe that the future education,
  health and wellbeing of our children is of prime
  importance.
• As water is part of the National Curriculum and
  the Sustainable Schools National Framework we are
  continually being asked by schools for support
  which we aim to do by providing good quality
  educational resources and employee support.

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So what can Northumbrian Water provide?

• CD Roms
• Water made clearer -An interactive virtual
  reality CD Rom, which takes children on a journey
  around the water cycle and our place in it.
• The Water Family (also available via our website
  www.thewaterfamily.co.uk) - this is a fun game
  that looks at water use and also waste in the
  home.
• The Water School ((also available via the website
  www.thewaterschool.co.uk) - this provides
  everything you need to set up and run a water
  conservation project in your school.
• Posters
• Water cycle - an A0 size annotated laminated
  poster of the water cycle.
• Water cycle colouring poster - an A4 size poster
  of the water cycle, which allows children to
  colour while they learn.

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So what can Northumbrian Water provide?

• Comics (downloadable from our website
  www.nwl.co.uk ) - introducing our superheroes,
  the H2O gang, who protect the water cycle from Dr
  Dry and his evil side-kick Drip.
• Fact Sheets (downloadable from our website
  www.nwl.co.uk )
• Water treatment
• Sewage treatment
• Water for health
• Water is precious
• Origami game
• Water is important
• Water is precious

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Other educational initiatives
Northumbrian Water Schools awards These awards
cover both community and curriculum based
projects and honour whole schools, classes and
individuals.

• The categories are
• School newspaper award
• Inspirational teacher in a primary school
• Inspirational teacher in a secondary school
• Caretaker of the year
• Classroom assistant of the year

• Headteacher of the year
• Environment award
• Sustainable school award
• Healthy living award
• Active community

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Other educational initiatives
Northumbrian Water GLOBE Project The
Northumbrian Water GLOBE Project is just about to
be launched, this unique scheme link schools and
education centres in the North East, using the
GLOBE Programme to measure the weather. By
setting up a network of schools and education
centres providing weather data we hope to be able
to predict changes in weather patterns as a
result of climate change. This will lead to a
better understanding of the operational
challenges facing our sewerage network.
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Why not invite us in?

• Through our Just an Hour scheme we have a panel
  of speakers who
• can offer talks on many different subjects
  including sewage treatment,
• water treatment and water conservation.
• Teams are available to help with projects such
• as helping with wildlife areas.
• We support schools with industry days, mentoring,
  
• young enterprise etc.

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Or come and visit us?

• We offer educational visits/tours to some of our
  operational sites and
• to head office.

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Water conservation

• Saving water is not just about saving water
• water is an important resource
• clean water is essential to the health of people
  and the environment
• World wide it is an increasingly scarce resource
  - even in parts of the UK

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Benefits from Water Conservation

• Water bills reduced good news for schools
• expensive new water abstraction or reservoirs
  avoided or delayed
• rivers and wetlands improved
• reduced water treatment saving chemicals and
  energy
• less pollution

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Other things to considerGrease monkey

• Dont let fats and oils go down the sink.
• They can harden and block the drains.
• Or they can block the sewers and cause
• sewer flooding.
• Dispose by leaving to cool and putting
• into a container and into the bin.
• Or mixing with bread and seeds to feed the birds.

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Other things to considerBag it and bin it

• Dont use the toilet as a bin
• Think natural if it didnt come out of your
  body naturally and it isnt toilet tissue dont
  flush it.
• Bag it and bin it instead.
• A staggering 9000 tonnes of sanitary Plastics
• and flushed waste items from sewage are
• removed by NW every year a needless
• use of resources and cash.

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Other things to considerWater for health
There have been a lot of studies carried out to
prove the benefits of drinking more water on
schools children.

• Drinking plenty of water can help pupils to
• Concentrate better and make your brain more
  efficient
• Stay healthy
• Have healthier skin and fresher breath
• feel fresh and more alert
• perform better at sports

• Water for health initiatives
• Super heroes
• Water coolers

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WaterAid

• Looking for a good cause to support?
• We are regional co-ordinators for
• water aid which brings self
• sustaining water solutions to the
• third world.
• We can provide speakers to come
• in to talk to the school about the
• work of water aid

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Who to contact?

• Download your FREE educational resources from our
  website www.nwl.co.uk or order them by email at
  education_at_nwl.co.uk.
• Order your Sava flushes and water conservation
  packs by emailing environment_at_nwl.co.uk
• Or call me Pam Lovell on direct dial 0191 3016754

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Any questions?
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Water is precious
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