The heavy rain washed a lot of dirt from the soil into the water and the muddy water ended up in the dams where the water that comes out of our taps comes from. The dirt in the water is called silt.
The silt in the water is a problem, because the water treatment plants, which clean our water and make it safe to drink are struggling to clean all of the dirt out of the water. All the people in Auckland have been asked to save 20 litres each a day. If we don't, we might have to boil our water before we can drink it. This would mean we can't use the water from our school drinking fountains.
We wrote about what we could do to save water. Here are some of our ideas.
Our dams are filled with silt and it is yuck.
We need to save water. We can save water by having a shorter shower.
There
is mud in the water. We need to save water. I will check the taps are off.
How
to save water
It
is good to save water so we don’t have to boil it. Water is important because
we need to drink water. We can have shorter showers to save water. If there is a flood we could have to drink
yucky water unless we save water.
We
can save water by having short showers and not leaving the tap running, because
when there is a flood the dams are dirty.
The
water in the dams is muddy so we need to save water.
We
have a lot of silt in our water, so we need to save water. Have a small bath or short shower.
We made signs to put by the sinks in the school toilets to remind people to turn off the taps.
