[E-updates] City launches conservation program with elementary students: Saving water, one student at a time

[Lisa Patterson]

NEWS RELEASE 

 

City of Lawrence, Kansas

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Monday, Dec. 11, 2006

 

CONTACT: Michael Tubbs, City of Lawrence Department of Utilities,
Management Analyst, (785) 832-7813

or

Lynda Allen, Director of Mathematics and Sciences, Lawrence Public
Schools, (785) 832-5000

 

City launches conservation program with elementary students:  Saving
water, one student at a time

 

(LAWRENCE, Ks) -  The City of Lawrence Department of Utilities has
implemented the WaterWise(tm) program in Lawrence schools, giving
students the tools necessary to educate their families on water
conservation and benefiting the entire community. 

 

The program teaches students and their families how to save natural
resources through a hands-on approach.  During class, students and
teachers discuss the significance of water conservation through lesson
plans. At the end of the day, each child receives the WaterWise Resource
Action Kit containing a high-efficiency showerhead, kitchen and bathroom
sink aerators and tools for monitoring water usage at home.  The
students take the kits home to share and install the products with their
families and in doing so reduce residential water use.

 

This program reduces water use and teaches students valuable lessons
they can use for the rest of their lives. The students concentrate on
learning how to conserve water, why it's important and what it means.
Next, students and their families get to see how easy conservation can
be.  They learn how much money can be saved by installing the high
efficiency products provided in the program and learn new techniques to
assist in savings as well.

 

The immediate goal is a savings of over 6,800,000 gallons of water per
year - that's enough to fill over 27 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

 

In addition to water savings, students learn that they can take an
active role in saving other resources, including gas and electricity. It
is anticipated that during one year, families who install the products
will save an additional 151,000 kilowatt hours of electricity and 31,000
therms of gas.

 

Schools and teachers that have recently participated in the program are
listed below.  Four additional schools have participation planned for
February and one additional school has planned an April program.

September

Prairie Park Elementary

 

October

Sunset Hill Elementary

Schwegler Elementary

Quail Run Elementary

 

November

New York Elementary

Deerfield Elementary

Wakarusa Elementary

 

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_____________________________

 

Lisa K. Patterson |Communications Manager

City of Lawrence

PO Box 708 | Lawrence, KS 66044

(785) 832-3406

fax (785) 832-3405

lpatterson at ci.lawrence.ks.us

www.lawrenceks.org

 

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