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Waterwise: Educating
our Children One
Classroom at a Time
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Be part of an
award-winning educational
program dedicated to teaching
our children specific ways to
protect and conserve their
precious freshwater resources...
Sign up to teach or sponsor
Waterwise today!
 Educators
and industry professionals understand how
important it is to teach our children to
protect and respect the world they live in –
today and in the future. Water conservation
education is paramount in this effort.
In fact, concern
over 2002 Texas Water
Development Board projections
suggesting Texans would face a
significant water shortfall
during drought conditions, led
to the passage of water
conservation initiatives during
the 2003 Session of the Texas
Legislature. The Water
Conservation Implementation Task
Force was also created to, among
other things, educate the public
on their role in the
conservation of this invaluable
natural resource.
Remember the old
saying: “You can’t teach an old
dog new tricks”? Well, we don’t
agree with that. But we do agree
that it is extremely effective
to teach the “young dogs” good
habits – positive habits they
will carry with them for a
lifetime. This is where you come
in.
The need for
educating our children about the
importance of water conservation
-- and, just as important,
showing them specific ways to
conserve -- is a critical
component to ensuring our future
water supply.
For years, the
Harris-Galveston Subsidence
District has partnered with
local Municipal Utility
Districts (MUDs) and other water
industry professionals to bring
a specially tailored version of
the National Waterwise Program’s
innovative classroom experience
to our local schools. In fact,
the program is now active in
over 33 school districts,
reaching 65,000 4th and 5th
grade students! In Harris and
Ft. Bend counties, every single
school district is in some part
utilizing the Waterwise program.
Why Waterwise?
We
understand the stressors
that teachers face today --
the pressures of TAKS/TEKS,
limited class time for in
depth projects, complicated
by their own hectic
schedules-- all reasons we
chose this excellent
program. Waterwise addresses
these issues and plans their
curriculum accordingly.
The Goods
 Last
year, new
Waterwise kit packaging
was introduced – a cool,
smart square box design with
a convenient handle to ease
transporting home.
And because
it's also important to keep
up with today's
technology... a new version
of the CD-ROM game
'Adventures in Green Valley'
is under development and
will provide another
interesting way to entice
students into incorporating
water conservation into
their daily lives.
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