Keep Screven Beautiful
Water
Water is something that we tend to take for granted. The fact is, water is a finite resource. While 70 to 75 percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water, only 1 percent of it is available for human use. Click here to find out more about water conservation.
Just by installing low-flow toilets, a family of four can save 14,000 gallons of water per year.
Add low-flow showerheads, and this savings increases to 19,500 per year!
(Courtesy of The Georgia Conservancy)
Water Education
"Making Ripples Through Water Education" Water Festival
Keep Screven Beautiful sponsored a "Water Cycle Bracelets" station at the “Making Ripples Through Water Education” festival on Thursday, May 1st. This event, held at the Screven County Recreation Center invited all fourth graders at the Screven County Elementary School to participate.
Visit http://www.coastalrivers.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77&Itemid=105 for details.
Station 1—“What’s In Your Watershed?”—Ogeechee Canoochee River Keepers
Station 2—Water Cycle Bracelets—Keep Screven Beautiful
Station 3—Water Conservation—City of Sylvania
Station 4—Edible Aquifers—Keep Bulloch Beautiful
Winning Water: 2008 Children’s Water Festival
The Georgia Department of Community Affairs, along with their partners, hosted the fifth annual Winning Water: 2008 Children’s Water Festival on March 19, 2008 at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia. This event brought together approximately 1100 fourth grade students from the Ogeechee and Lower Savannah River Basins to educate them about ground, drinking, surface water (watersheds) and water quality in a fun hands-on atmosphere. For additional information, go to http://www.winningwater.org/.
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Click here to play a PacMan like EPA Water Sense game.
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Click here to download an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) brochure on saving water around the house and at work.
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Click here for 25 ways to save water at home.
Try to do one thing each day to save water.
Every drop counts and every person can make a difference.
Click here for tips on how you can conserve water.
Water Conservation
Drought in Georgia
Screven County may not be a Level 4 drought county (yet), but we are at Level 2 (http://www.gaepd.org/Documents/outdoorwater.html). According to the Ga.EPD, Level 2 drought response schedule is as follows:
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Odd-numbered addresses may water only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, 12 midnight to 10 a.m.
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Even-numbered and unnumbered addresses may water only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, 12 midnight to 10 a.m.
Local governments and water providers are authorized to implement more stringent outdoor water use schedules within their jurisdictions.
For more information about water schedules in your area, contact your local water provider. For more information on water conservation and outdoor water use, please visit these sites: http://www.conservewatergeorgia.net/ and http://www.caes.uga.edu/topics/disasters/drought/
During the summer months we use twice as much water as we do during other times of the year – mostly outdoors. To find tips on conserving water, go to http://www.nwf.org/nationalwildlife/article.cfm?issueID=115&articleID=1485
Water Conservation Tips
Xeriscape™ your yard
With concern over conserving water, especially with the lack of precipitation the last few years, Xeriscaping has become increasingly popular (Not to mention not having to cut the grass). Click here for more information on Xeriscape™ and how you can design one in your yard.
Rain Barrel
A rain barrel is an excellent way to collect water in times of drought. According to www.walterreeves.com, it is estimated that a thousand feet of roof area can collect 625 gallons of water in a one inch rain. You can either build or buy a rain barrel. Either way, you'll be glad you have one when the soil is dry and water restrictions are in force. For details, see http://www.walterreeves.com/how_to/article.phtml?cat=26&id=1005
Bathroom Sink Faucets To Bear WaterSense Label
Consumers will soon be able to identify high-performance, water-efficient sink faucets for their bathrooms now that EPA has released a product specification for ones that use about 30 percent less water than conventional models. For more information and a list of WaterSense labeled plumbing products: http://www.epa.gov/watersense/specs/faucet_final.htm.
Take a shower instead of a bath. Filling the bathtub uses about 50
gallons of water and you can save 30 gallons by taking a shower.
http://www.conservewatergeorgia.net/
Click on the following links to hear PSA's from the University of Georgia on saving water in the kitchen, in the bathroom, outdoors and how saving water has long range benefits.
Last updated: June 6, 2008
Mission Statement
The Keep Screven Beautiful Commission encourages and educates all citizens of Screven County to end litter, minimize solid waste and beautify our county. The Commission works toward improving litter and solid waste control ordinances and seeks effective enforcement of all pertinent ordinances.
Keep Screven Beautiful
412 Pine Street
Sylvania, GA 30467
Phone: 912.564.9171
Email: Lisa.Guidos@KeepScrevenBeautiful.com
