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Melbourne's water
storages are currently at:
35.9%
breakdown by reservoir
(you can click on each reservoir
for more information)
Thomson: 23.4%
Cardinia: 38.8%
Upper Yarra: 57.0%
Sugarloaf: 64.2%
Silvan: 88.0%
Tarago: 57.1%
Yan Yean: 42.1%
Greenvale: 63.7%
Maroondah: 62.6%
O'Shannassy: 100.0%
classroom activities
The resource activities have been grouped under common themes for ease of use.
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| Before the tour | ||||
| 1 | Melbourne Water and the Eastern Treatment Plant | Reading and video | A reading activity about the Eastern Treatment Plant. |  Word.doc |
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| 2 | Sedimentation and filtration | Experiment | Explore the principles of separating solids from liquids. | Word.doc |
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| 3 | Oxygen demand of sewage | Experiment | Explore biochemical oxygen demand. | Word.doc |
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| 4 | Growing bacteria | Experiment | Explore the nature of bacteria. | Word.doc |
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| On the tour | ||||
| 5 | The sewage factory: from sewage to clean water | Tour, video | Tour the site and prepare a report, using text and images, on how sewage is turned into usable water. | Word.doc |
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| 6 | Follow the sludge | Tour | Tour the site and prepare a report, using text and images, on how sludge is extracted and reused. | Word.doc |
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| 7 | Electricity from sewage | Tour | Tour the site and prepare a report, using text and images, on how electricity is generated from sewage. | Word.doc |
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| Creative thinking and evaluating alternatives | ||||
| 8 | Crisis team | Scenario and decision making | A severe earthquake has disabled this treatment plant. As a member of the crisis team your task is to work out strategies to cope with this catastrophe. | Word.doc |
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| 9 | Marooned on a island | Creative thinking and design | Design a water system to maintain water quality for a group marooned on a tropical island. | Word.doc |
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| 10 | Planning for the future of our water resources | Evaluating | Future scenarios of water usage. | Word.doc |
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| 11 | Water recycling | Analysing | Recycling and reusing treated effluent. | Word.doc |
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| 12 | Advertising and promoting recycled water | Research and Activity | Devise materials to promote recycled water to the community. | Word.doc |
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| 13 | Reviewing the school's toilets | Research | Sewerage checklist for schools. | Word.doc |
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| 14 | Building a better loo | Reading and research | Investigating composting toilets. | Word.doc |
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| Other activities | ||||
| 15 | Melbourne's sewerage system | Reading and analysis | Exploring the networks. | Word.doc |
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| 16 | Building a sewerage system | Model building | Building a model sewerage system. | Word.doc |
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| 17 | Saving water by using recycled water | Reading and activity | What is the potential of using recycled water around the home. | Word.doc |
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| 18 | Sewerage in the suburbs | Analysis | Exploring the sewerage system in a suburb. | Word.doc |
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| 19 | Home drains | Activity | Exploring the sewerage system in the home. | Word.doc |
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| 20 | The humble toilet | Activity | Describes how a toilet works. | Word.doc |
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| 21 | The toilet trap | Activity | Experiment. | Word.doc |
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| 22 | Siphoning | Activity | Experiment. | Word.doc |
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| 23 | Keeping a water diary | Activity | Just how much water do we use? | Word.doc |
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| 24 | Treat it well | Values investigation | What should and shouldn't go down the loo? | Word.doc |
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| 25 | Why toilet paper? | Activity | Test the disintegration of toilet paper. | Word.doc |
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| 26 | Toilet paper and microbes | Activity | Experiment to explore the use of toilet paper. | Word.doc |
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