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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.

Water Supply


What is Water Supply?
Water supply network in Waitakere City
Latest developments in managing our water supply
Summary of facts and figures
Water supply educational resources
 

Stormwater


What is Stormwater?
Stormwater network in Waitakere City
Why Stormwater is a problem
Solving Stormwater problems
Summary of facts and figures
Stormwater educational resources

Wastewater

What is Wastewater?
Wastewater network in Waitakere City
Why Wastewater is a problem
Solving Wastewater problems
Summary of facts and figures
Wastewater educational resources

 

Underwater Life

Native freshwater fish
Macroinvertebrates

 

"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 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.

 

 


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