Water – From source to tap.

Jurisdiction: Australia


Ideas to engage upper primary and lower secondary school students (with advantages for community learning) in learning about the water cycle (source to tap). We want them to understand where water comes from (sources), the different types of water (drinking, recycled, classes of water), how and why it is treated (health), how we move it (infrastructure) and how we use it (drinking, cooking, commercially, fires, toilets, sanitation, washing, in the home). The ideas should highlight why water is so important for our survival. Ideas should be fun, interactive and educational. The engagement should be relevant to the Australian School Curriculum, adaptable to water organisations and schools around Australia and sustainable.

We would like to generate ideas to design an educational tool for upper primary and lower secondary students (where possible additional opportunity for community learning) to teach them about every aspect of the water cycle:
1. Where water comes from – how it gets to your home/business – how it is returned to the environment (water cycle)
2. Water source in our catchment areas (including the water cycle)
3. Water from alternative sources (e.g. desalination, bores)
4. Catchment to treatment plant
5. Treatment process
6. To our taps
Some places source water from bores, dams, and reservoirs and in parts of Australia, water is sourced from treated seawater at a desalination plant. Some add treated wastewater back into underground storages to be eventually used as drinking water. Some catch water in reservoirs.

(The following does not form part of the challenge: Participants are invited to take a short video/photos of themselves undertaking our challenges and post on Instagram #centralhighlandswater)

Our judging panel includes
Mr Anand Arivukkarasu, VP Product, Grin (Silicon Valley startup) and previously well-known Product & Growth Leader at Facebook from California USA

Eligibility: Eligibility Jurisdiction - Australia only

Entry: Challenge entry is available to all teams in Australia.

Dataset Highlight

Melbourne Water

Go to Dataset

Water NSW - WATER MONITORING NETWORK

Go to Dataset

Water NSW - Realtime

Go to Dataset

Water connect - SA Realtime water data

Go to Dataset

Victorian Councils Rates

Go to Dataset

Water Monitoring Information Portal

Go to Dataset

All Water Data - Groundwater Construction

Go to Dataset

Northern Territory Government water data portal

Go to Dataset

Government of WesternAustralia Department of Water and Environmental Regulations data

Go to Dataset

Central Highlands Water water storages

Go to Dataset

DELWP Water monitoring

Go to Dataset

Bureau of Meteorology climate data

Go to Dataset

Bureau of Meteorology water information

Go to Dataset

Australian Government Geoscience Australia

Go to Dataset

Victoria State Government Planning

Go to Dataset

Vic Water

Go to Dataset

Western Water

Go to Dataset

Water Rating

Go to Dataset

Water in NSW

Go to Dataset

Water Group

Go to Dataset

Water Corporation

Go to Dataset

Sydney Water

Go to Dataset

Sustainability Victoria

Go to Dataset

South East Water

Go to Dataset

SEQ Water

Go to Dataset

SA Water

Go to Dataset

Smart Water Advice

Go to Dataset

Schools Water Efficiency Program

Go to Dataset

Queensland Urban Water Utilities

Go to Dataset

Power and Water NT

Go to Dataset

Melbourne Water

Go to Dataset

Hunter Water

Go to Dataset

Government of Western Australia water efficiency

Go to Dataset

Digital metering program

Go to Dataset

Department Environment Land Water and Planning Victoria

Go to Dataset

Department of the Environment and Energy Australia

Go to Dataset

Coliban Water

Go to Dataset

Australian Curriculum

Go to Dataset

Central Highlands Water Govhack hub

Go to Dataset

Bureau of Meteorology water data

Go to Dataset

Challenge Entries

Back to Challenges