Where does your drinking water come from?

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Assignment: Document where your family gets their drinking water.

IN YOUR OWN WORDS, track the travels of a water drop from its source on earth all the way to your kitchen faucet.

Use this format

Title: Where does your drinking water come from?

References: List all used. No credit for copying pages off of the web

1. Our water comes from:

a.

b.

c. etc etc list letters and places for each step all the way until the water drop reaches your house's faucet. ….In the final step list your address.

 

Hints a. Ask your parents who they pay for the water bill and what county you live in.

If in an apartment, ask the Office staff who provides the water.

b. Once you know who provides your water, be a detective and track the flow from where it comes from step by step through the system. Try the provider's website and any other places where the water flows. Don't rely on one source!!! If this doesn't help, call the water provider on the telephone (be sure to get their name for a reference).

c. Write the results in order from the source to your home. Do not skip any steps!

d. EC will be awarded to students providing a map of the water system… Google

or Yahoo etc anyone?

 

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