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Conservation Education Arts Program, City of Tampa Water Department
- Water conservation education programs are implemented in cooperation
with the City of Tampa Water Department and the Hillsborough County
School Board. Hillsborough County public and private school students
participate in a water conservation theater presentation and learn
from workbooks linked to Sunshine State Standards for grades K-1,
2-3, 4-5 and middle school. Components of the program include student
activity books, teachers' guides and teacher training.
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Water
Conservation Program, Town of Cary, North Carolina
- an affluent suburb just west of Raleigh. Cary's population has
more than doubled over the past ten years from 43,858 in 1990 to
96,217 in 2000, placing a significant strain on the town's water
resources. In addition to conserving water by reducing summer peak
day demand, the Town of Cary's water conservation program focuses
on reducing per capita water consumption by 20 percent by the year
2020. Staff uses a multifaceted management approach with voluntary,
incentive, and regulatory mechanisms to address both supply-side
and demand-side conservation.
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Water
Conservation Program Parade Unit Sponsorship, City of Durham Environmental
Resources Department - Among many successful
educational programs that we conduct, one of the most unique and
enjoyable is our sponsorship of a walking unit in Durham's annual
Holiday Parade. We work with local schools (including a biosphere
magnet school that primarily serves economically disadvantaged students)
to create costumes and signs that focus on water conservation. Schools
that participate receive presentations and support from conservation
staff to educate and inspire the students. Students complete much
of their work in their art and science classes. Once complete, they
wear their created outfits as they march in Durham's Holiday Parade
and pass their conservation message on to parade viewers.
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Water
Sourcebook Series, The Georgia Water Wise Council
- The Council coordinates a network of local public/private partnerships
to make the Water Sourcebook Series available to teachers. The council
does this by: 1) publishing the WSS; 2) conducting a train-the-trainer
program; and 3) coordinating a sponsorship program for the purchase
of the sourcebooks.
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WET (Water Efficient Toilet) Toilet Rebate Program, Sarasota County
Environmental Services Utility -To provide
a monetary incentive for homeowners to replace their existing high-volume
toilets with 1.6 gallons-per-flush water efficient toilets. This
reduces consumption of customers and thus reduces the demand on
the source.
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Motorized Water Conservation Message, Sarasota County Environmental
Services Utility - In December 1998, a
creative and innovative water conservation effort was inaugurated.
A county transit bus, covered in vinyl depicting a water conserving
landscape with enlargements of native, drought-tolerant plants,
took to local streets.
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In-School Education Program,
Southwest Florida Water Management District
- The In-School Education Program consists of mini-grants for hands-on
classroom projects, such as water-conserving gardens; a middle/high
school and an elementary water resources newsletter; water conservation
training for teachers; field trips; summer camp programs; and water
conservation curricula.
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Showerhead
Exchange, Southwest Florida Water Management District
- Wishing to educate the public about improvements in current showerheads,
as well as to conserve water, Sarasota County Utilities invited
customers to bring in old, water-wasting showerheads and exchange
them for deluxe water-efficient massage models, as long as supplies
were available. Within two days, all 2,000 showerheads were exchanged.
Because the program was such a success, it was repeated in 2001
and will be conducted again in 2002. The purpose of an exchange
rather than a "give away" was to ensure that the water-conserving
showerheads would actually get installed.
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Water
Matters Restaurant Campaign, Southwest Florida Water Management
District - The Southwest Florida Water
Management District's "Water Matters" campaign showcases
restaurant specialty items featuring water-saving tips. These materials
aid in educating Florida residents and visitors about Florida's
water resources. Currently there are almost 50 restaurants participating
in the program. These materials are available to restaurants within
our 16-county district at no charge. Program components include
table tents, coasters, children's activity sheet, stickers, bookmarks,
mirror stickers and pins.
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Southwest-
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Water
Education Program, Public Works Department, Water Resources Division,
City of Albuquerque, New Mexico- Our
classroom presentations include the following topics: Albuquerque's
water cycle, conservation, groundwater protection and Albuquerque's
long range water strategy. These topics are presented with hands-on
activities using a groundwater flow model. The students and teachers
are provided with grade appropriate reading/coloring books developed
by our staff, posters related to the materials written by our staff,
and videos produced about Albuquerque's water concerns.
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Learning
to be WaterWise Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District
- The Learning to be WaterWise program targets fifth-grade students,
combining classroom education activities with hands-on home projects
to build knowledge and awareness of water issues and impacts. Measurable,
lasting residential water and energy savings result from the home
installation of water efficiency technologies by students and parents.
Students also complete home water use audits.
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Project
WATER (Water Awareness Through Education and Research) East Bay
Municipal Utility District - Program provided
free to 465 schools in 23 school districts, 24 day care and after-school
programs, which used more than 65,000 published materials in year
2000. A total of 38,260 published materials were sold at cost to
10 water agencies in 2000. Since Project WATER was created in 1974,
more than 1.5 million student workbooks have been used free in schools
served by EBMUD. Sales to other water agencies and schools have
totaled more than 2 million workbooks and teacher's guides over
the same period.
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Santa
Barbara County Regional Water Efficiency Program, Santa Barbara
County Water Agency - This program promotes
water use efficiency to local residents, and provides assistance
to local water purveyors. The program provides coordination for
cooperative efforts among purveyors, acts as a clearinghouse for
information on water efficiency technology, and monitors legislation
concerning efficient water use.
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Commercial,
Industrial, and Institutional (CII) Water Conservation Program,
East Bay Municipal Utility District -
EBMUD's CII Water Conservation Program provides free water surveys
and financial incentives to commercial, industrial, and institutional
customers throughout the EBMUD service area. Workshops and presentations
tailored to particular industries or customer groups also are offered.
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Sound
Garden Program, East Bay Municipal Utility District
- EBMUD's School Garden Program is an interagency approach to educating
teachers, students and the community about the role that water plays
in the garden. Through training workshops, educators learn how to
practice water conservation and integrated pest management techniques
to reduce water and pesticide use in the garden.
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