City of Round Rock Reclaimed Water
Instead of releasing all the cleaned wastewater into the creek, the City has made the recycled water available in select areas of town for landscape irrigation, at a lower cost than the treated drinking water that is traditionally used to water landscapes. Some City parks, neighborhoods, and businesses have been using this recycled water for irrigation for a couple of years now! This is a really good thing, because it means less of our valuable drinking water is being poured on the ground to water the landscape. This helps with the City’s conservation efforts, by increasing the amount of potable (drinking) water that we have available.
City of Austin’s Grow Green Program
Using Native & Adapted Plants is a great way to anchor the land in place, bring some local beauty, encourage a helpful ecosystem all while saving water. Check out your local county agriculture extension board for more ideas!
Water Sense for Kids Did you know that less than 1% of all the water on Earth can be used by people? The rest is salt water (the kind you find in the ocean) or is permanently frozen and we can’t drink it, wash with it, or use it to water plants. As our population grows, more and more people are using up this limited resource. Therefore, it is important that we use our water wisely and not waste it.
JOIN THE LORAX TO HELP SAVE ENERGY, WATER, AND PROTECT THE PLANET
Download the Seussical story and have your class complete the activities. Be sure to check out the helper poster or postcards for the coloring book and “helper” postcards. (Recommended for grades K-7.)
