Subsection of Brisbane City Council’s Brisbane Water section of their website, offering presentations for preschool, lower primary, and upper primary school children which teach about water conservation. Field trips suitable for upper primary students are also offered. Both presentations and field trips require bookings from Brisbane City Council’s Water Education Officer and contact details are provided.
Navigational links suitable for upper primary students include a link to ways of saving water inside and outside the home, as well as further links in the page’s contents to more pages with tips on water saving.
http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:BRISWATER:
822610700:pc=PC_1395
Educational section of the book, text and multimedia website
Sustainable Insight, featuring purchasable books and multimedia on water resources, management and issues. There is also categories
Water and Wastewater, Software and
DVD’s, all of which contain water related text and multimedia.
http://www.sustainableinsight.com.au/shop/education-resources.htm
Resource and product area of South East Queensland Healthy Waterways site. Materials include; books, posters, factsheets, newsletters, reports, strategy booklets, annual organisation report cards, CD-Roms, as well as the hiring of a suited Healthy Waterways mascot. Further navigational links to promotional products, as well as a list of educational websites.
http://www.healthywaterways.org/DPAGE160815AM89W4EL.html
Resource section of Queensland Water Commission website featuring frequently asked water-related questions, information and services for householders and non-residential water users, as well as further information and factsheets on water, water saving tips, and purified water.
http://www.qwc.qld.gov.au/Information+and+resources
Kedron Brook Catchment Network website, featuring improvement of the Kedron Brook water catchment environment by individuals, organisations and communities. Navigational links to indepth information about the Kenbrook catchment and it’s surrounding environment, educational resources, articles and reports, how to get involved in the network, list of available helping groups, and news and events.
http://www.kedronbrook.org.au/kedron_brook_catchment_
network.html
Information on purified recycled water in the section of the Queensland Water Commission website, as well as the Queensland government’s decisions to add recycled water to drinking supplies as part a security/supply plan. Links to further information on the Queensland Water Commission website include recycling of waste water, the article of when the Queensland Premier announced the recycled water decision, and the government’s Western Corridor Recycled Water Project.
http://www.qwc.qld.gov.au/Purified+recycled+water
Resource and product section of Waterwatch Queensland website. Contains downloadable information for fish monitoring, student and study resources, activities and modules. Navigational links to hireable Waterwatch displays and resource and educational publications.
http://www.qld.waterwatch.org.au/resources/index.html
Educative resources page for teachers on the Queensland Government's Natural Resources and Water website. Navigational links include curriculum links, a substantial list of activities with links to downloadable resources sheets in activity descriptions, an assessment strategy, and background information for water cycles.
http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/education/teachers/water/index.html
Queensland government restrictions on household and commercial water usage, featured on the Queensland Water Commission’s website, as a way to reduce water depletion. Links to water restriction fact sheets, and household rebates and business incentives to save water.
http://www.qwc.qld.gov.au/tiki-index.php?page=Water+restrictions
Simple information page for kids on the Waterwatch Queensland website. Describes the various ways kids can get involved in monitoring the health and animals of their local waterways. Navigational links to the various types of monitoring described on the page can be found elsewhere on the site, including; saltwatch, waterbug snapshot, and monitoring data collection. Page also includes a Creek Rescue game which presents ways to make a river healthier.
http://www.qld.waterwatch.org.au/kids/index.html
Webpage of Waterwatch Queensland website offering a monitoring process to keep the health of Queensland waterways in check. Aspects of monitoring include Physical and chemical parameters, biological parameters, and contacts for the pollution hotline. Links to the Waterwatch database, various water quality equipment suppliers, and the Environmental Protection Agency website.
http://www.qld.waterwatch.org.au/monitoring/index.html
Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee website, promoting community education, school projects, and community involvement in caring for waterways and bushlands. Navigational links include further information about protecting Bulimba Creek and similar catchments, different catchment groups involved with Bulimba Creek, available activities for schools, events and other resources.
http://www.bulimbacreek.org.au/
Oxley Creek Catchment Association website, presenting community groups’ care and maintenance of the Oxley Creek Catchment. Includes navigational links to educational resources, a waterwatch program, a library catalogue, biodiversity, catchment land use, and catchment publications.
http://www.oxleycreekcatchment.org.au/
Information on the Queensland Water Commission’s website on saving water around the home, including in the garden, from taps, dishwashers, and washing machines.
Links to water restriction and rebate information, ‘water wise’ planting in the garden, online house ‘water efficiency’ testing form, and water efficiency labelling.
http://www.qwc.qld.gov.au/What+households+can+do