Operation Community Water Footprint - Safe Drinking Water Foundation


	Canadian Teachers are Waiting for Over 1,800 Sponsored Kits to be Sent to their Schools Canadian teachers are currently waiting for over 1,800 sponsored Operation Water Drop, Operation Water Pollution and Operation Water Biology kits to be sent to their schools. Individuals and companies can sponsor kits for schools. If you/your company sponsors kits, you/your company will be acknowledged in the letter that accompanies the kit. You can even decide in which geographic area your kits will be dispersed or to which specific school(s). Please e-mail info@safewater.org if you would like to sponsor Operation Water Drop, Operation Water Pollution and/or Operation Water Biology kits or if you would like more information.


	Educational Kits for Schools Many school divisions and districts from coast to coast are recommending the Safe Drinking Water Foundation's education programs to their teachers! Thank you to all of the administrators who are promoting our programs! To find out whether a sponsored kit is available for your school, send an e-mail to info@safewater.org or phone 306-934-0389.


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	Need Sponsored Kits? If you would like to use the Operation Water Drop, Operation Water Pollution and/or Operation Water Biology program in your classroom and need a sponsored kit please e-mail the following information to info@safewater.org: your school's name, complete mailing address, what type(s) of kits and how many of each type of kit you would like. We will add your school to the growing waiting list. Also, be sure to sign up on the Imagineaction website (a program of the Canadian Teachers' Federation) in order to try to get sponsored kits through Imagineaction funding (www.imagine-action.ca).


	SDWF is in need of donors to continue to educate students, engineers, community leaders and others. Every penny and every drop counts!


	Contact Us! #1-912 Idylwyld Dr. North Saskatoon, SK S7L 0Z6 1-306-934-0389 info@safewater.org


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	Thanks to our sponsors! S.M. Blair Family Foundation A big thank you to all of our anonymous and individual donors as well.


	Operation Community Water Footprint (OCWF) OCWF is designed for use with students in grades 6-12. OCWF directly connects with science, social studies and math curricula and is set up as content-integrated lessons. Students learn about their local drinking water treatment facility and distribution system by undertaking a research project as a class. Students will calculate how much water (source water) is needed in order to produce one litre of drinking water in their community (including water used in the treatment process, water lost in distribution, etc.) Community water footprints and information regarding water-related issues being faced, actions students are taking to alleviate problems and/or to inform others will be shared via the Safe Drinking Water Foundation's website. Students will be able to compare their community's water footprint to that of other communities across Canada. Students will also investigate the quality of their own community's drinking water. Expectations of Teachers To encourage students to develop critical thinking skills, which will empower them to become active members of their community. Also, to help students in their quest to inform others in their community about water issues, to work together with students to take action to alleviate water issues, and to help students submit their information to be shared on the SDWF's website. Expectations of Students To want to learn about their community's methods of water treatment, to want to learn about water quality, to take action to inform others in their community about water issues and to alleviate water issues, and to share their community's water footprint and other information regarding their community's water issues and what they are doing to take action via the SDWF's website. Cost Lesson plans, related resources and the Community Water Footprint Calculator are available free of charge online.