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From Rain to Drain
Field Investigations
This Field Investigation focuses on teaching students the symbiotic relationship between water and humans: from the time it falls as precipitation, recharges an aquifer, is pumped from the aquifer and sent to a home, returns down the drain, sent to a SAWS Recycling Center, and finally back into the environment. This trip lasts from 8:45 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Tentative Schedule |
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8:45 a.m.
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Students meet at SAWS Central Office-Customer Service Center
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9:00 - 9:30 a.m.
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Background: Edwards Aquifer 101- (Edwards Aquifer Authority)
— Edwards Aquifer Background
— Edwards Aquifer Measuring (J17 Well)
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9:30 - 10:15 a.m. |
Background: The Workings of a Water System - (SAWS)
— Pumps and Pipes: Infrastructure 101
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10:20 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. |
Background: SAWS Main Control Center- (SAWS) |
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11:00 a.m.
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Buses depart
SAWS
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11:20 - 12:20 a.m.
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Issue One: Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone (SAWS)
Location: Stone Oak Park
— Bear and Cub Cave
— Recharge and Flood Control
— Human Impact
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12:30 - 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch (Stone Oak Park)
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1:20 - 2:20 p.m.
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Issue Two: Drinking Water
Location: SAWS Basin Pump Station
— Drinking Water Production
— Water Use and Costs
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3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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Issue Three: Treating our Wastewater
Location: SAWS Dos Rios Water Recycling Center
— Water Down the Drain
— Why Treat Wastewater
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4:15 p.m.
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Buses arrive at SAWS |
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