Sustainable water use criteria

Students choose an area of water use and identify the criteria they would set for monitoring water use and identifying water waste. They compare the type of criteria they would use for different types of water consumption.

Learning Goals:

• Applying criteria for monitoring water use for different applications.
• Criteria needs to be considered and justified before monitoring activities can be designed.
• Water consumption criteria includes the sustainable use of a renewable resource, the impact on the environment of removing the water, the environmental consequences of the runoff and disposal of water and the substances that is carried with.