Water+a+Source+of+Life

[|**Water Saving tips**]. with lots of ideas on how you can conserve water. ||
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 * __What was the most interesting fact you learned on our visit to the Western Treatment Plant at Werribee?__ Remember to put your name at the end of your comment. ||
 * ​ Did you know that the methane gas the bacteria makes in the first sewage treatment pond, produces enough electricity to power the whole of the Western Treatment Plant? Mrs L ||
 * If the surige didn't have the bacteria tower it would be 99% smellyre yuck! ||
 * Some bacteria hate oxegen so they stay in an area that does not have air that is why at Weribee they have a lake with a cover on it. ||
 * It takes forty days to get to the Treatment Plant. ||
 * How the bacteria likes to eat the smell of poo. Alden ||
 * Some bacteria don't like poo and some devour poo. Nathan ||
 * some bacteria like to eat the poo from us ||
 * did you know that all together the amount of cigarette butts that people drop in a year would cover the world 3 times Ryan ||
 * How they clecn the water with a mashean ||
 * Did you know that there is a big dump of cigarettes and more yucky stuff in the lakes and river s.Natalie ||
 * media type="custom" key="5836047" Learn about the water cycle by singing this song. ||
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 * ====Find out more about the [|Water Cycle] [[image:cycle1.gif caption="Click the picture to learn about the water cycle." link="http://library.thinkquest.org/04apr/00222/cycle.htm"]]==== ||
 * Check out how you can [|conserve water] go to the Melbourne Water site.
 * Check out how you can [|conserve water] go to the Melbourne Water site.
 * [[image:Baan_Water_Trailer.jpg caption="Click on this picture for fun activities." link="http://www.education.melbournewater.com.au/content/rivers_and_drainage/stormwater_pollution/stormwater_model.asp"]] || ==== __Click on the picture to have some fun activities.__ ====

See how stormwater impacts on our rivers,creeks, ponds, bay and pollution with the Baan model.

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 * [[image:wtp_recycling[1].jpg caption="This is where we are going for our excursion." link="http://www.education.melbournewater.com.au/content/sewage_and_recycling/western_treatment_plant/western_treatment_plant_explorer_-_recycled_water/western_treatment_plant_explorer_-_recycled_water.asp"]]

Click on this picture to find out what sewage is.
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A virtual tour of the Western Treatment Plant
The Western Treatment Plant Explorer is the ideal way to learn about Melbourne's sewerage system.

More information
[|Birdlife at the Western Treatment Plant]
 * [|Western Treatment Plant] [[image:/images/system/extlink.gif width="12" height="12" link="@http://www.melbournewater.com.au/content/publications/fact_sheets/sewerage/western_treatment_plant.asp"]]
 * [|Methane covers] [[image:/images/system/extlink.gif width="12" height="12" link="@http://www.melbournewater.com.au/content/publications/fact_sheets/sewerage/methane_covers.asp"]]
 * [|Wildlife at the Western Treatment Plant] [[image:/images/system/extlink.gif width="12" height="12" link="@http://www.melbournewater.com.au/content/publications/fact_sheets/sewerage/wildlife_at_the_western_treatment_plant.asp"]] ||