1 / 13

Lalor Park Public School- Site Analysis

Lalor Park Public School- Site Analysis. School Location: Western Sydney No of water users: 198 students 38 teachers and staff Rainfall: 16mm in September 2009, average- 860mm/year Current Water restrictions: Level 3.

cid
Download Presentation

Lalor Park Public School- Site Analysis

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Lalor Park Public School- Site Analysis School Location: Western Sydney No of water users: 198 students 38 teachers and staff Rainfall: 16mm in September 2009, average- 860mm/year Current Water restrictions: Level 3. Hand held hoses allowed to be used on mornings and evenings. Last school water bill: 2.37 KLs a day Current school water bill: 1.77 KLs a day Sources of Water: Warragamba Dam Major water uses: toilets, kitchen, dishwashers, washing machines, gardening (school and home)

  2. Lalor Park Public School 3/4R The Site of Issue 1. Saving water in our school and at our homes.

  3. Lalor Park Public School3/4R • Issue 1: Identify the water saving infrastructure already in place at the school. • Issue 2: Reduce water consumption at home. • Solution 1: Raising awareness of the water saving infrastructure through messages and making posters. • Solution 2: Conducting a water use survey at home and designing models of water saving devices.

  4. Lalor Park Public School3/4R The Background: Finding out all about Water. We studied the water cycle and researched facts about water.

  5. Lalor Park Public School 3/4R • Issue 1: Identifying water saving infrastructure in our school. • Checking out the push button taps in the girls toilets. How we save: A push button tap uses approx 4 litres per minute where as a ordinary tap uses 12 litres per minute!

  6. Lalor Park Public School3/4R • Issue 1: Identifying water saving infrastructure in our school. • The rainwater tank collects runoff from A block and is used to water gardens in the Garden Greenies program. Students collect water from the tank in water bottles. How we save: Mulch is used on gardens to reduce water usage for plants and trees. No hoses are used at school.

  7. Lalor Park Public School3/4R • Solution 1:Raising awareness of the water saving infrastructure through messages. Students made signs to put on the water tank and on taps to remind students of the value of water.

  8. Lalor Park Public School3/4R Pictures of messages on tank and taps to come. Sorry, left them at school on school camera and I’m on holidays.

  9. Solution 2: Conducting a water use survey at home and designing models of water saving devices. Firstly, students made a list of the activities their family uses water for. Our families use water for these activities: Flushing toilets Showers Swimming in the pool/spa Washing machine Cooking/kitchen Cleaning teeth Car washing Gardening Drinking Washing pets Lalor Park Public School3/4R

  10. Lalor Park Public School3/4R • Solution 2: Conducting a water use survey at home and designing models of water saving devices. • Then we used the Sydney Water shower timer to measure how long our showers were over the school week. We tried to decrease out shower time. • Time and water usage in the shower * Note: The table is based on the class average using a maximum use of 20 litres per minute. Not all students participated in this activity.

  11. Lalor Park Public School3/4R • Solution 2: Conducting a water use survey at home and designing models of water saving devices. • Next we conducted a survey on water use at home over a 2 day period.

  12. Lalor Park Public School3/4R • Solution 2: Conducting a water use survey at home and designing models of water saving devices. • Finally we designed and made water saving devices to help save water at home. This student made a shower that was based on a timer and water cut out after 3 minutes.

  13. Lalor Park Public School3/4R • To complete our solutions, we thought of water saving messages to remind everyone of the value of water!

More Related