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This activity is all about saving water. Abu Dhabi has one of the highest rates of water consumption in the world, estimated at 550 litres of water per person per day compared with 85 litres in Jordan, a country with a similar climate. The current usage of groundwater reservoirs is about 15 times more than the natural recharge rates, so the difference has to be made up using desalination plants which use a lot of energy (hence contributing to climate change) and discharge highly salty water into the sea (bad for marine life).

In this activity you and your students will:

• Think about where water is used and wasted around the home.
• Design a Home Water Usage Questionnaire.
• Fill in the questionnaire for their own home and compare results back in the classroom.
• Make a Water Saving Pledge to display on a poster in the classroom.

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