We are excited to announce that Safe Drinking Water Foundation water testing kits were used directly, in a hands-on way, this school year by 32,252 students! We sent 515 water testing kits to schools across Canada and they were put to great use!
Additionally, we are very happy to announce that we already have some funding to send sponsored water testing kits to schools across Canada this fall, so request your sponsored kits quickly to be sure of receiving at least one!
Another awesome announcement is that we are bringing back the Student Action on Canadian Water Attitudes Competition this school year! There will be one prize package worth $3,000 for the winning school at the national level (a water bottle filling station, a plaque, some water testing kits, and possibly some reusable water bottles) and one prize package worth $2,200 for a Saskatchewan school (a water bottle filling station and a plaque)!
Have a great summer, but remember to conserve water when gardening and when caring for your lawn (if you have one)!
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Thank You So Much Mosaic!
Mosaic provided us with $20,000 to send sponsored water testing kits to Saskatchewan schools. We are so grateful for Mosaic's continued support!
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Thank You So Much Cargill!
Cargill provided us with $13,512 to send sponsored water testing kits to schools across Canada. We are so grateful for Cargill's awesome, continued support!
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Thank You So Much All Things Jill!
All Things Jill is a 1% for the Planet Member and made a $1,500 donation towards our school programs!
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The 2024-2025 Student Action on Canadian Water Attitudes Competition will Launch this Fall!
Schools across Canada, from coast to coast to coast, will compete in the 2024-2025 Student Action on Canadian Water Attitudes Competition this upcoming school year! These are the steps involved in a Student Action on Canadian Water Attitudes Project:
- Students will survey people in their community to discover the percentage of them who know the source of their tap water and to discover a behaviour that should be changed (for example, leaving the tap on while brushing their teeth or taking showers that are too long).
- Students will educate their fellow community members about the source of their tap water, how to protect the source of their tap water, and what action(s) they should take to conserve water.
- After they have educated their community, they will conduct a follow-up survey, with the same participants, to discover the percentage of them who now know the source of their tap water, the percentage who have changed their behaviour to conserve water, and they will calculate the volume of water that is being conserved.
A panel of volunteer judges will award points based on the subjective criteria and SDWF staff members will award points based on the objective criteria. There will be one prize package worth $3,000 for the winning school at the national level (a water bottle filling station, a plaque, some water testing kits, and possibly some reusable water bottles) and one prize package worth $2,200 for a Saskatchewan school (a water bottle filling station and a plaque)!
Teachers - watch for email messages this fall about the launch of the competition and more information!
If you want to be a volunteer judge, please contact Nicole at info@safewater.org or 1.306.934.0389 and she will be happy to provide you with more information and get your short bio and picture for SDWF's website!
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Hundreds of Kits Used by Tens of Thousands of Students!
During the 2023-2024 school year, 214 Elementary Operation Water Drop kits and 96 High School Operation Water Drop kits were used in a hands-on manner by 8,363 students; 130 Operation Water Pollution kits were used by 21,940 students; and 75 Operation Water Biology kits were used by 1,949 students!
This is a grand total of 515 water testing kits used by 32,252 students!
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We Still Have Some Kits Left!
Despite the hundreds of kits that we sent to schools during the 2023-2024 school year and it being rare that sponsored kits of all types are available to teachers anywhere in Canada, our sponsors have been so generous that we still have sponsored kits available to send to schools that request them this fall! Now is the perfect time to request sponsored kits if you would like to receive some in September! The first teachers to request sponsored kits will be the first teachers to receive sponsored kits, and every teacher will receive one sponsored water testing kit while sponsored kits are available!
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State of Drinking Water Quality in Canada
According to Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) (https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1506514143353/1533317130660) as of July 4, 2024, there were 30 long-term (meaning the advisory has been in place for more than a year) drinking water advisories on public systems on reserves in effect in 28 First Nations communities (Indigenous Services Canada funds public water systems that serve 5 or more household connections and public water systems that serve public facilities that are funded by the department).
There are over 500 non-public drinking water systems on reserve that are the responsibility of the owner, operator, or another stakeholder. There were 17 long-term drinking water advisories on non-public drinking water systems on reserve, South of 60, not including those in British Columbia, as of July 19, 2024.
In addition, according to ISC (https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1562856509704/1562856530304) as of July 18, 2024, there were 39 short-term drinking water advisories in place in First Nations communities south of 60, excluding those in British Columbia.
As of June 30, 2024, there were four long-term and four short-term drinking water quality advisories, ten long-term and two short-term boil water advisories, and nine long-term and two short-term do not consume orders in First Nations communities in British Columbia (https://www.fnha.ca/Documents/Drinking-Water-Advisory-Monthly-Summary.pdf).
In total, across Canada, according to watertoday.ca as of July 19, 2024, there were 38 Do Not Consume Orders, 1,131 Boil Water Advisories, and 20 Cyanobacteria Bloom Water Advisories.
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Do One of the Smartest Things You Can Do to Improve the Drinking Water Quality Situation in Canada - Donate to Safe Drinking Water Foundation!
You can make it possible for us to educate the leaders of today and tomorrow by making a donation.
Donations can be made:
We are a registered charity (868384892RR0001). Donate $3 or more and get an Official Donation Receipt for Income Tax Purposes.
If organizations donate $1,000 or more they will receive recognition in SDWF’s quarterly newsletters twice, and if they donate $10,000 or more they will also receive recognition on SDWF’s website for at least one year (the SDWF website receives over 550,000 unique visitors per year) and their logo will include a hyperlink to their website. All donors are also thanked on our Facebook page and in our Facebook group. For more information, please visit: www.safewater.org/donate.
We also gratefully accept and acknowledge legacy gifts.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to call us at 1.306.934.0389 or to email us at info@safewater.org. Thank you!
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