Break students into small groups. Have each group brainstorm ways we can conserve and protect water.

Assign each group one of the specific areas below:

• Home – Outside (manage lawn and landscape sprinklers)
• Home – Inside (5-minute showers, don’t dump medicine in toilets as treatment plants might not be able to filter them, turn off water while brushing teeth)
• School (rain gardens, sensor bathroom taps, water fountains vs water bottles, low flow toilets]
• Community [Provide garbage bins and hang posters on impact of dog feces running into river, native tree planting day to stabilize river bank and collect runoff)
• Optional – Local Industry such as Oil & Gas, Forestry, Manufacturing (re-use water in processing, clean water used before returning it to the rivers)
• Optional – Farm (wetlands, drip irrigation, cell phones that turn irrigation on and off depending on weather