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Birchwood Primary Eco-Conference 20th June 2013. Let’s make water cool in school!. How do we save water in school?. At the end of our Eco-council meetings we always think of a relevant ‘Big Question’ to ask rest of the school.
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Birchwood PrimaryEco-Conference20th June 2013 Let’s make water cool in school!
How do we save water in school? • At the end of our Eco-council meetings we always think of a relevant ‘Big Question’ to ask rest of the school. • A regular question that is put to the whole school is “How can we save water?” • These are some of our ideas...
In the lunch hall • After lunch the water left in the jugs is collected by the midday supervisors.
The water is saved • Year six monitors pour the water into a water butt that provides water for the lazy hose system in our polytunnel.
In the toilets • Every toilet system in the school has been fitted with a ‘Save-a-flush Freddie’ helping to save water when you flush the toilet.
Wash hand basins • Push down taps are used to help reduce the problem of taps dripping and being left on!
Collecting rainwater • We have eight water butts in the playground to water the plants and our kitchen garden area.
Water fountains • Water fountains have been installed in the playground to supply fresh drinking water during the day.
Rain water hub • Our latest water saving devise is a rain water hub. This collects water and allows a hose to be fitted so it can transfer water all around the garden.
Overflow water butts • To increase the amount of rainwater harvesting we had three overflow water butts installed. Using the rainwater hub we plan to move them into our kitchen garden area.