„WATER” IN KIELCE REGION with comments on „WATER – GLOBAL TREASURE & GLOBAL CONCERN”

„WATER”IN KIELCE REGION with comments on „WATER – GLOBAL TREASURE& GLOBAL CONCERN” Prepared by: GIMNAZJUM NR 10 KIELCE – POLAND

THE MAGIC POWERS OF WATER

OUR PLANET SHOULD BE CALLED ‘WATER’ 75% of Earth is water

At home we use most water in our bathrooms: nearly 80% WATCH OUT FOR BROKEN FAUCETS OVER 13 % OF WATER CAN BE WASTED

ONLY 20 % IS USED BY HOUSEHOLDS SAVING ENERGY MEANS SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT AND GLOBAL WATER RESERVES INDUSTRIES USE MOST WATER ALL OVER THE WORLD

WATER COMSUMPTIONIN INDUSTRY &PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS in our region • Industrial plants of our region use over 1 mln dam3 (cubic decameters) per year (1 billion m3 ) • 70 000 dam3 (70 million m3) of water is used by individual households • 1 dam3 = 1000 m3

WATER in KIELCE and Świętokrzyskie Province is • TASTY • CLEAN • HEALTHY And it meets European standards!!!

EUROPEAN STANDARDS OF WATER deal with 4 aspects: • Biological • Virological • Radiological • Bacteriological

QUALITY OF DRINKING WATER IN ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE PROVINCE

The biggest water treatment plant in Kielce - Sitkówka 

Let’s educate our community • Save water • Use environmentally friendly washing-up liquids, shampoos etc. • Keep areas around seas, lakes and rivers clean • Educate the others

WATER PROBLEMSin ‘the third world’ countries1.1 billion people have no access to water People in Sri Lanca need help Women waiting for water trucks in Sudan !!! FRESH WATER IS TREASURE !!!

GLOBAL WATER RESOURCESONLY 2.5% IS FRESH WATER LET’S LOOK AFTER IT!!!

BAD QUALITY WATER and TOO LITTLE WATER leads toSERIOUS MEDICAL PROBLEMS • kidney stones • bladder cancer • urinary infections • lethargy • constipation(obstrukcje) • headaches • dehydration

„WATER PROJECTS” IN OUR SCHOOL

Water poetry and water music are only for ambitious students Huczy woda po kamieniach, A na głębi cicho płynie - Nie sądź ludzi po zachceniach, Ale prawdy szukaj w czynie. Kto prawdziwe czuć niezdolny, Ten się szumem słowa pieści - Potok głośny a swawolny Mało wody w sobie mieści. Lecz spokojnej cisza toni Zwykle wielką głąb zwiastuje - Na wiatr uczuć swych nie trwoni, Kto głęboko w duszy czuje!

Quite interesting essays are written in chemistry lessons Our common European target is to improve quality of water and make sure water lasts for future generations. Industry has done quite a lot not to pollute water resources. We are lucky there is something like „water cycle”, where water makes water. A lot of legislation about improving the quality of water has already been put into practice.

Older students talked to small ones about water. Below is their favourite comment on water. WHY IS WATER WET? This question cannot be answered with regular science methodology, but can be answeredin Water is wet because this is the nature of water. The nature of rock is to be hard. The nature of grass is to be green. ZEN PHYSICS The nature of water is to be wet.

TOGETHER SMALL AND BIG ONESPREPARED „BLUE CODE” FOR SCHOOL • WE WILL TURN OFF THE TAPS WHEN WASHING OUR HANDS WITH SOAP AND LET IT RUN ONLY WHEN RINSING. • WE WILL USE THE RAIN-WATER TO WATER OUR PLANTS. • WE WILL INFORM OUR TEACHERS OF ANY LEAKS WE OBSERVE. • WE WILL TURN OFF THE TAP IF WE SEE WATER RUNNING WITHOUT ANY NEED. • WE WILL REMIND EACH OTHER WITH A SMILE ABOUT OUR ‘BLUE CODE’

„WATER ” PROJECT EXHIBITION IN OUR SCHOOL • Artistic competition • Students vote for the best poster

THE SOOTHING, BLISSFUL INFLUENCE OF WATER Water brings comfort to our minds, bodies and souls, when tired and stressed, we can sit at the seashore, by a river bank or by the lake and fully relax.

RESEARCH INTO POLISHSTUDENTS’ FAVOURITE BODY/FORM OF WATERSHOWED THAT: • WATERFALL IS OUR WINNER

This is the end of our presentation. Next year we are going to do it much better

„WATER” IN KIELCE REGION with comments on „WATER – GLOBAL TREASURE & GLOBAL CONCERN”