We installed a water bottle filling station in our school to increase water quality and convenience. This will decrease spillage of water down the drain and save plastic bottles. We’ve saved over 1,000 so far.
Frank and I developed a simple program to calculate how much water can be saved by water catchment. This will save water which can be used for other things.
When rain falls, it picks up chemicals and brake dust and washes into the river. We collect rainwater that falls on our roof to prevent this from happening. Right now we have one rain barrel, but there is potential to catch over 600,000 gallons on our rooftop.
We conserve water by catching rain and using its multiple purposes. Rainwater is used for watering plants and to fill the aquaponics. After going through our filter, we can drink it! This is good leverage, buying water from Bull Run is expensive and it has to travel miles to get here.
Our school urinals flush incessantly. We calculated that 671,760 gallons of water and $2,985 are wasted each year. Isn’t PPS always looking for money? Here’s a great opportunity!
One of the systems tools that we used was the iceberg model.
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