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Flushing Schools with Success

SWIG December 13th 2012

Cath Hassell cath.hassell@ech2o.co.uk

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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?

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How often do you use the toilet or urinals at school?All School Pupils

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Twice a day

Three or more times a day

Can 609 pupils be wrong?

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Comparison of Urinal and Toilet Use of Secondary and Primary School Pupils

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Secondary schools – girls v boys

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Primary schools – girls v boys

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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

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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

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Why we should decouple stormwater from our drains

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

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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!