Wastewater education resources
The links provide teachers with activities and resource material for students studying Gisborne's wastewater system.
Council's wastewater team can assist schools, individuals and community groups with a variety of educational resources relating to the city's wastewater system. They are available to:
- speak to your students
- supply student-friendly resource material
- provide a tour of the Banks Street wastewater treatment plant
Contact us to book a tour, class visit or get some resource material.
You can get started by checking out the activities below which introduce Gisborne city's wastewater system. The resource material will suit a number of curriculum and different age groups.
Activity 1 - What is wastewater? (78kb)
Activity 2 - Wastewater around your home (130kb)
Activity 3 - The wastewater process (158kb)
Activity 4 - Where does your wastewater go? (117kb)
Activity 5 - Wastewater facts (129kb)
Activity 6 - How much wastewater do we make in a year? (115kb)
Activity 7 - How contaminated is our wastewater? (95kb)
Activity 8 - What's in a wastewater manhole? (75kb)
Activity 9 - What goes in and what comes out of a wastewater treatment plant? (83kb)
Activity 10 - Making clean and green wastewater (105kb)
Activity 11 - Inflow and infiltration (165kb)