Caring for Our Watersheds
Watch these videos
After watching the videos, brainstorm in small groups at least one idea on how you could improve or protect water in the following areas:
Home – Outside [manage lawn and landscape sprinklers]
Home – Inside [5-minute showers, don’t dump medicine in toilets as treatment plants might not be able to filter them, turn off water while brushing teeth]
School [rain gardens, sensor bathroom taps, water fountains vs water bottles, low flow toilets]
Community [Provide garbage bins and hang posters on impact of dog feces running into river, native tree planting day to stabilize river bank and collect runoff]
Optional – Local Industry such as Oil & Gas, Forestry, Manufacturing [re-use water in processing, clean water used before returning it to the rivers]
Optional – Farm [wetlands, drip irrigation, cell phones that turn irrigation on and off depending on weather]