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Wat’r We Wasting If every drop was a dime, what would you change? Ariel Herman, Virginia Mathurin, Caitlin Muir, Alex Weaver.

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1 Wat’r We Wasting If every drop was a dime, what would you change? Ariel Herman, Virginia Mathurin, Caitlin Muir, Alex Weaver

2 Topic An informative study on water waste at Brown College.

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4 Methods Online Statistics Survey of Brown Community’s personal water usage and feelings towards conservation Analysis of previous Brown water-use records

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6 Brown College Water Use:

7 Brown College Water Use

8 Survey Results-Opinions What are your feelings towards water conservation in Brown? Most common answer: “Meh” “Who gives a shit?” “Terrible” “Futile” “What is water conservation?”

9 Negative Traces

10 Shower - 16.8% Other - 5.3% Washer 21.7% Leaks - 13.7% Toilet - 26.7% Faucet - 15.7% Where’s YOUR Water Going? http://www.epa.gov/watersense/our_water/water_use_today.html

11 Interview with Prof. Tim Beatley

12 Ragged Mountain Dam

13 Charlottesville is part of the Rivanna River Watershed North Fork, Sugar Hollow, and Ragged Mountain Reservoirs will be Charlottesville’s primary water supply Rivanna Conservation Society

14 Interview with Nina Morris (Sustainability Outreach Coordinator) Aerators Education Dual Flush Toilets Solutions!

15 - Ultra-Efficient Washers - Field Rainwater Sensors - Low-Flow Shower Heads - Recycled Water Irrigation Systems - Water Refilling Stations - Community-Driven Forums What Other Colleges are Doing

16 What do you think Brown can do to improve water conservation? What about Brown’s water usage surprises you? Questions to audience?

17 Water was all around But is now draining away Stop wasting water We all love water We also like getting A’s Please give us all both Haikus and Hubert

18 CLAP FOR US!!!! Wat’r You Waiting For?


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