EcoWater Education

Click on the fish to view the project 'The Guardians of the Mauri'

These pages supply useful and relevant material for teachers, students and anyone interested in learning more about water and the role of EcoWater in Waitakere City. Please feel free to contact us directly and talk to our education staff. They work with primary and secondary schools on a wide range of water projects and their services are free within Waitakere City. They also provide information for individuals and community groups.

Get started by checking out the information below which introduces the “three waters” - water supply, wastewater and stormwater. You'll also find resource material ready to download and use.

"Learning Waters" Newsletter

Our 'Learning Waters' newsletter is sent to all teachers in Waitakere schools. The Case Study of the Opanuku River on page two of this Term 2 edition can be separately printed and used as a class resource sheet.

Note: For the following you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer in order to view and print this document. For help opening PDF files or tips on copying information see Helpful Tips.

Newsletter (Size 172K)

(NOTE: It is best printed in colour to easily show the differences in river water quality.)

The EcoWater education team can do the following for teachers in Waitakere schools

provide a visiting speaker for your class who arrives with hands-on activities
supply student-friendly resource material
help set up projects that are a working partnership between your individual class and EcoWater
assist you in developing your own classroom activities around water issues.

EcoWater Education

Water Supply

Stormwater

Wastewater

Underwater Life

"Learning Waters" Newsletter

The EcoWater education team can do the following for teachers in Waitakere schools