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Flushing Schools with Success SWIG December 13 th 2012

Learn how to reduce flush volumes in schools to save billions of liters of water annually. Explore data comparing primary vs secondary school water usage patterns and discover cost-effective solutions. Take the challenge to save water in your school today!

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Flushing Schools with Success SWIG December 13 th 2012

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  1. Flushing Schools with SuccessSWIG December 13th 2012 Cath Hassell cath.hassell@ech2o.co.uk

  2. Reducing WC flush volumes in schools • 4.3 million primary school pupils in England • 2.9 million secondary school pupils in England • At 3 flushes per pupil per school day 4,320,000,000 (4.3 billion) litres of water a year could be saved… or could it?

  3. Can 609 pupils be wrong?

  4. Secondary v primary school pupils

  5. Secondary schools – girls v boys

  6. Primary schools – girls v boys

  7. The figures from our survey • The average school pupils uses the toilet or urinal 1.3 times a day • The average primary school pupil uses the toilet or urinal 1.6 times a day • The average secondary school pupil uses the toilet or urinal 0.6 times a day • The average secondary school girl uses the toilet 0.5 times a day

  8. What that means… • A secondary school with 1200 pupils, 600 girl pupils. Save-a-flush bag put in all WC cisterns • Estimated savings of 360m3 of water a year costing £677 a year in Thames Water area and £1,894 in South West Water area • Actual savings likely to be 60m3 of water a year costing £113 a year in Thames Water area and £316 in South West Water area

  9. Why we should decouple stormwater from our drains

  10. This is how your school compares to other secondary schools in the UK (2002-2010)

  11. Your challenge................. • Gainsborough school has 400 pupils • If each you started saving just 5 litres of water a day from today.......... • Between you, you would save 730,000 litres of water a year!

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