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<strong>Water</strong>way Pollutants: InvisibleNot all pollutants are visible. Invisible pollutants include substances suchas fertilisers, pesticides and pool additives. Invisible pollutants alsocome from mining activities or industrial liquid wastes. Other pollutantssuch as oil and detergents may be invisible in small amounts. If wecannot see pollutants, how can we know that they are there? Follow thissimple procedure.You will need:♦ Red cabbage♦ Glass jars♦ Boiling water♦ Universal indicator paperAction:♦ Cut the cabbage into small amounts♦ Place in jar and pour over boiling water. Allow to cool.♦ Drain water and use to test various substances.♦ Place small quantities in several clean jars of substances such as detergents, insecticide,compost.♦ A change of colour indicates that the water is not pure. Not all the substances willchange the colour of the plant dye in the jars. It does not indicate what the substance inthe water is.♦ Use universal indicator papers to test local waterways. Universal indicator papers areimpregnated a mixture of plant dyes which can detect many invisible pollutants.Observe and record♦ Substance in jar♦ Changes to cabbage dyeType of pollutants Cabbage jar PaperDetergentInsecticideCompost20
<strong>Water</strong>way Pollutants: VisibleVisible pollutants can be seen and it looks very bad. It can also have ahuge impact on waterways. Visible pollutants include litter such as paper,plastic, glass, cans, cartons, metal objects, foam/scum, leaves, orbranches.List the things that you could find in local water ways.1. _________________________________________________________________2. _________________________________________________________________3. _________________________________________________________________4. _________________________________________________________________5. _________________________________________________________________6. _________________________________________________________________7. _________________________________________________________________8. _________________________________________________________________9. _________________________________________________________________10. _________________________________________________________________Explain what sort of problems will generate if our waterways and oceans aren’t keptclean.21
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Page 3 and 4: Why Water?Why learn about water?As
Page 5 and 6: Learn About WaterFor one week colle
Page 7 and 8: The Water CycleThe Water Cycle is o
Page 9 and 10: My Role in the CycleThe water cycle
Page 11 and 12: Juicy FruitLiving things are all pa
Page 13 and 14: Catchments: Down the SlopesA catchm
Page 16 and 17: Why Dam?Australia is a very dry con
Page 18 and 19: Water Flow and PressureIn small gro
Page 22 and 23: Waterway Pollutants: SuspendedSome
Page 24 and 25: Gutter Litter SurveyLitter in the s
Page 26 and 27: School Stormwater PlanStormwater po
Page 28 and 29: An ariel photo showing theexisting
Page 30 and 31: After completion of the report, wri
Page 32 and 33: Observe the process of the treatmen
Page 34 and 35: Water Use SurveyHere is a chance to
Page 36 and 37: Water Use Survey ResultsFor each pe
Page 38 and 39: Now that you have participated in t
Page 40 and 41: Community Water SurveyThis survey e
Page 42 and 43: Write a report on the current outco
Page 44 and 45: In a school environment, the follow
Page 46 and 47: A number of options are available t
Page 48 and 49: How to Read a Water MeterWhen the w
Page 50 and 51: Week 1 - Meter NumberMonday Tuesday
Page 52 and 53: Audit - Girls ToiletsToiletsNumber
Page 54 and 55: Audit - Amenities SummaryToiletsMen
Page 56 and 57: Audit- BubblersBubblersNumber of bu
Page 58: Developing an Action PlanThere are
Page 61 and 62: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday F
Page 63 and 64: Secondary SedimentationDisinfection
Page 65 and 66: Water Re-UseWastewater from househo
Page 67 and 68: Pipe SystemsReticulated water is th
Page 69 and 70: Have you ever flushed the toilet an
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How Can we Help?Now that we underst
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