Where does your drinking water come from?

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Assignment: Track and 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.

1. Hint! First ask your parents who they pay for the water and what county you live in.

2. Websites that can help you!

a. Alderwood Water District (Go to the Our Water tab on top for brief background info. Then proceed to the City of Everett "virtual tour" link below for detailed information.

b. City of Everett (This homepage is not detailed enough! Go to Water Demand... on the bottom of this page has a fantastic "Virtual Tour".

Note that you'll have to continue to track the water to your faucet once you leave Everett.

c. Cross Valley Water District: (If CVWD provides your water call them with your address and ask for information. Their Office is open8:30-5:00pm, Telephone:360.668.6766 or 425.485.8461 .)

d. Apartment: If you live in an apartment, ask the Office staff who provides the water to your apartment (who they pay the water bill to!).

e. Well: Do you have your own personal well, take a photo of the pump and track through the equipment to your faucet.

f. Bothell: If you actually pay your water bill to the City of Bothell go to City of Seattle

g. Woodinville: If you actually pay your water bill to Woodinville Water District go here. Next scroll down to "District History and read the history.

Then go to Tolt River Reservoir and Cedar River Reservoir to complete the job!

3. 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).

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

5. Extra Credit - EC will be awarded to students providing a map of the water system… Google, Yahoo etc anyone?

YOU MUST USE THIS FORMAT:

Title: Where does your drinking water come from?

1. References: List ALL References used (complete urls are ok).

2. Our water comes from: No credit for copying pages off of the web

(List all basins, streams, lakes, reservoirs, dams, treatment plants, pipes, etc from the water's source to your faucet.

a. Origin:

b.

c.

d. e. f. g. etc etc continue listing all places for each step all the way until the water drop reaches your house's faucet. ….In the final step list your address.

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