Saturday 10 September 2011


  

                                   

Seven schools plan to save 3.5 million litres of water
Call it saving something for a rainy day. If, that is, you could call 3.5 million litres of water “something”.
That is the amount of water a pilot conservation project at St Theresa College’s seven schools is projected to save over the next scholastic year. The project, launched at the Sta Venera primary school yesterday, involves the installation of a catchment system through which rainwater is trapped, filtered and drained into the water table through a borehole.
The system was designed by hydrologist Marco Cremona and is a first for Malta. Dr Cremona estimates that the system will add 50,000 litres of water to the water table over the next 12 months. The project, college principal Frank Fabri explained, also featured the installation of regulated push taps and the addition of hippo bags – rectangular containers placed inside a toilet cistern to limit the amount of water flushed – to each of the 255 cisterns in the college.
During a visit to the college, Education Minister Dolores Cristina said the initiative was in line with the country’s National Environmental Policy, announced by the Prime Minister only days ago.
Mrs Cristina welcomed the initiative, saying it was a further step towards transforming schools into educators of their communities and making them more autonomous in the use of resources such as water and electricity.
Dr Fabri spoke of the college’s inclusive approach towards environmental conservation. All members of the college, from teaching staff to administrators, cleaners and students, were involved in every stage of the conservation process.
The college is a member of the EkoSkola programme, which encompasses about 100 schools.
As part of the programme, students at the school produced a DVD containing tips on how to conserve water, energy and waste. The DVD was given to all students of the school.

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