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<br />TABLE OF PRESENT AND PAST WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAMS <br /> <br />KEY: (1) Indicates onroinr or annual prorram(s) <br />(2) Indicates one-time promotion or regulatory <br />(3) Indicates promotion or rerulatory with follow-up action or stUdy <br /> <br />School Education <br /> <br />Production and national marl<eting of 20 minute water awareness video for grades K-2 (3) <br /> <br />Video sent to schools throughout Aurora and Cherry Creek School DistrIcts( I ) <br /> <br />Classroom speaker availability since 1984 (1) <br /> <br />Developed and Implemented a water-related curriculum package for the Aurora Public School <br />District; material correlates with APSD's 4th and 5th grade Sclence/Health texts (3) <br /> <br />Developed manual for Interested water providers to promote additional Involvement by them in <br />school curriculums, ("Integrating Water Related Curriculum Into a School District" (2) <br /> <br />First non-affiliated member of the Science/Health Curriculum Committee, a subcommittee of the <br />Colorado Conservation Educators Coalition (1) <br /> <br />Youth Water Festival for students In 5th grade, APS and CCPS Districts (1) <br /> <br />Water Plant Tours (I) <br /> <br />Water History Trunk developed In conjunction with Aurora's HIstory Museum. The Trunk contains <br />anicles, artifacts, and photographs relating to Aurora's water supply and development. While the <br />Trunk is aimed at school age students, It can be used with adults. (2,3) <br /> <br />Curricula development related to the Youth Water Festival, 5th grade level (1) <br /> <br />Xeriscape Education <br /> <br />Sponsor Xeriscape seminars since 1990. Seminars are on a variety of subjects Including but not <br />limited to: composting, native plants, introduction to Xeriscape, and planning and design (1) <br /> <br />Literature distribution on a variety of Xerlscape related subjects and from several expert sources (1 ) <br /> <br />PublIcation of the book "Landscaping for Water Conservation: Xerlscape'" (3) <br /> <br />Suppon, both financial and technical, for local and regional Xerlscape groups and agencies (1) <br /> <br />PublIcation and distribution of Xeriscape design br~~hure (1) <br /> <br />AudioNisuallibrary and book library on Xeriscape (1 ) <br /> <br />Exhibits at public forums Including garden and home shows, trade shows, conferences, fairs, <br />shopping malls, etc. (I) <br /> <br />Public Education <br /> <br />In conjunction with the Youth Water Festival, 1995, nine, 30 second PSA's were developed and <br />professionally taped. Topics Included Indoor and outdoor water conservation and pOllution <br /> <br />Irpl&llPlrewrile.96 <br /> <br />5 <br />