2. MarilynWebster Water Lesson 1 Learning outcomes To raise awareness that water is not always accessible to people To understand how we use water. To know how to avoid wasting water To be aware that children in some parts the world die because they do not have access to clean water.

3. MarilynWebster Water, water everywhere or is it? Everyday we take it for granted that we can turn on the Everyday we take it for granted that we will have clean water to Everyday we take it for granted that we can have a

4. MarilynWebster But not everyone can! Clean water is essential for life, but over a billion people in the world do not have it. In many parts of the world people do not even have access to water. Fact: over two million people die from water related diseases every year. The total population for Wales is nearly 3 million (2001 census)

5. MarilynWebster What do we use water for? In the home: Washing Cooking Cleaning Bathing Watering garden Washing car Fish ponds Drinking Outside the home: Making steel Power stations Hydro electric power Watering crops In hospitals In offices In factories Public swimming pools

6. MarilynWebster How much water do we use? Use the water calculator to work out how much water you use in a day. Are there things you use water for that are not on the list below? 20 litres per shower 0.25 litres drink per cup ½ litre Flush the toilet 150 litres cooking 2 litres watering plants 2 litres boiling the kettle 8 litres washing up 1 litre washing hands 40 litres washing clothes Others Cleaning teeth 13L Bathing 80L Bottle of water ½ L Bucket of water 20L Dishwasher 54L

7. MarilynWebster My daily water usage. UsesNumber of timesLitres Using toilet Drinking Bathing Total number of litres Draw this table into your books. Under uses write the things you use water for. The table includes some examples.

8. MarilynWebster My Family's daily water usage. UsesNumber of timesLitres Total Homework activity. Ask your family how much water they use in a typical day.

9. MarilynWebster So how much water do you use? More than 1,200 litres you are WASTING water Try to stop wasting water, don’t leave taps running 750 – 1.200 litres you are a FRIENDLY user. Good but perhaps you could find ways of saving water. Less than 750 litres you are a real CHAMPION. Just make sure you are drinking enough water and that you are not going without showers!

10. MarilynWebster So are you a……..? CHAMPION WATER WATCHER

11. MarilynWebster How can we use less water?

12. MarilynWebster How can we use less water? Turn taps off Full loads in washing machine Full loads in dishwasher Collect rainwater Only fill kettle for immediate use Put a brick in the cistern Mend leaky pipes Don’t use toilet as a waste bin ???????

13. MarilynWebster Could this be you? If water usage continues at the present rate by 2025 two out of every three people will not have enough water for their basic needs. At present not everyone in the world has access to clean, safe water.

14. MarilynWebster What have you learnt? How much water I use on average every day. Ways in which I can save water. That not everyone in the world has access to clean water. That without clean water many people will die. That we should not take fresh water for granted.