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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
Rain Barrel Workshop
Keep Screven Beautiful and the City of Sylvania offered a rain barrel workshop on Saturday, April 18 at the Sylvania Amphitheatre as part of Earthstock - a Spring celebration.
Harvesting rainwater is actually an old idea that has renewed itself because of increased drought and other water related problems. Today, the homeowners want rain barrels to reduce their water utility bill, and to continue to do outdoor watering without having to worry about the State-wide water restrictions. 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.
This type of workshop is perfect for both the novice and experienced home gardener. Each participant will receive the basic materials and information to create a rain barrel from a 50 gallon plastic drum. The difficulty level of this project is easy to moderate, depending on personal preference.
You may want to paint your rain barrel to make it more attractive. If so, you need to use outdoor acrylics. It is also a good idea to apply one or two coats of polyurethane to protect it from bumps and the sun.
With increased pressure from the State to promote and enforce water conservation and continued drought conditions, the average homeowner needs to find easy/environmental ways to keep up their flower gardens. A rain barrel is one of the best tools in the tool box because they are easy to use and can save a significant amount of water.
To make your own rain barrel, visit http://www.walterreeves.com/how_to/article.phtml?cat=26&id=1005
2009 Rain Barrel Workshop
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2008 Rain Barrel Workshop
Keep Screven Beautiful and the City of Sylvania offered a rain barrel workshop on Saturday, November 15 at 412 Pine Street (across from Syl-View Nursing Home). The cost of the materials included everything needed to make your own rain barrel.
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"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 1. Here is a document release by the City of Sylvania July 21, 2008:
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.
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.
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
P.O. Box 159
Sylvania, GA 30467
Phone: 912.978.1076
Email: ksb@keepscrevenbeautiful.com
