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The BIG Picture

The BIG Picture. What is going down your drain and into your watershed?. Mary Coleman Environmental Education Pierce County Public Works NAME Conference 2016. Agenda. What is wastewater? Septic & Sewer. What ’ s the difference? How do they work?

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The BIG Picture

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  1. The BIG Picture What is going down your drain and into your watershed?

  2. Mary Coleman Environmental Education Pierce County Public Works NAME Conference2016

  3. Agenda • What is wastewater? • Septic & Sewer. What’s the difference? How do they work? • What is going down the drain? [list of what gets in there] • Basic commercial cleaners & their effects • How is “green” cleaning better? • Let’s make an all-purpose cleaner to take home!

  4. What is wastewater? • Industrial • Commercial • Agricultural • Domestic

  5. What is wastewater? • Industrial • Commercial • Agricultural • Domestic Some graphics from www.kidshealthygalaxy.com

  6. What is a sewer system? • Large system of pipes connecting to a regional treatment plant. • The most widely used system in urban areas, sewer systems are a way to pipe wastewater from homes and businesses to a large-scale treatment facility.

  7. What is a septic system? • Septic tank systems do a very similar process as a sewer system, but on a much smaller scale – right in the yard of a home.

  8. In both systems, good bacteria are key to breaking down wastewater

  9. How does wastewater get into the watershed?

  10. How does it get into the watershed?

  11. What is a watershed?

  12. Chemicals in our Homes • All the different cleaners (and other toxic, flammable, poisons) in our homes • Signal words: Caution Warning Danger • Cleaners are regulated, right?

  13. Popular cleaners • Bleach, surfactants, and other harsh chemicals do indeed kill germs, loosen dirt, and then they are washed down the drains where they… kill more stuff! • Common cleaners are often not used properly (no gloves, proper ventilation, too much is used, etc.) • Main-stream cleaners use petroleum based ingredients to cut costs, which do not break down as well and circulate in the environment longer. • Main-stream cleaners can contain fragrances and dyes that include 100s of different chemicals they do not have to disclose, origins and effects are unknown.

  14. Green Cleaning Basics

  15. pH • Know which are the harmful ones to you and the environment • Understanding pH can help the cleaning cause

  16. Teaching to Adults – lesson outline

  17. Making an All-Purpose Cleaner

  18. Reuse idea

  19. Assembly line

  20. Teaching to Kids – lesson outline

  21. Teaching to Kids – lesson outline

  22. Teaching at a Fair/Event

  23. Supplies

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