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- search the internet about the water quality in Latvia, to make sure it's drinkable
https://lvportals.lv/skaidrojumi/267621-latvija-dzeramais-udens-ir-kvalitativs-2015
http://rigatalk.com/2017/08/water-riga-clean-safe/
- compare and search for information - what the tourists think about the drinking water in the Baltic's
https://www.tripadvisor.co.nz/ShowTopic-g274967-i1134-k7687314-The_drinking_water_in_the_Baltics-Riga_Riga_Region.html
Interview:
- interview the local municipality water suppliers,
- the water  consumers
- portable water producers
Survey:
- local people, colleagues and  students
Observation:
- school offering drinking water for the students
- plastic bottle recycling
- water quality in general

Hi Alona, There are some interesting ideas here. I like the idea of interviewing tourists to see how they perceive the quality of water in Latvia or Riga. It would be interesting to compare this to the local people's perception of water quality. Thanks for this post John.

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- Look for news and statistics of the situation.

https://www.unicef.org/zambia/5109_8460.html

https://www.wateraid.org/where-we-work/zambia

https://www.lusakatimes.com/2014/09/09/62-zambians-access-safe-drinking-water-ngo/

- Compare with other places in the world.

Interview:

- Interview NGO that is working in the same field.

- Interview people related with government politics

- Interview people in compounds from the city

- Interview people that leave far in a village

Survey:

- Survey the school community about water availability in Zambia

Observation:

- Look for statistics of the past years.

- Impact of the school and school awareness campaign

- Go to a compound to observe water availability

- Go to a village to observe water availability

An excellent set of possibilities, particularly to see what the water availability is like in villages. Is water pollution an issue in the Copper belt in Zambia?

What would also be interesting to see is the prevalence of water borne diseases such as diahorrea and cholera.
Thanks for this post John

Hi John,
About the pollution in the Copperbelt, I've just read an article about it,
devastating.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/28/the-worlds-most-toxic-town-the-terrible-legacy-of-zambias-lead-mines

Regarding cholera, the last time we had an outbreak was this January. Started on October 2017, but got serious at the beggining of the year.
The sad thing again, is that the vulnerable people is always the same, compounds on so on. It was kind of serious. The good thing, people was very solidar and everyone helped out cleaning the city. A new project came up after this, and as in Kigali (Rwanda), every last Saturday of the month, people is going to get in the streets to help cleaning their compounds and neigborhoods. Some good ideas come up after big disasters.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zambia-cholera/zambia-cholera-epidemic-continues-to-slow-as-number-of-deaths-declines-idUSKCN1G41XQ

I appreciate your feedback,

Albert

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Media:
Research statistics on the safeness of the drinking water in our own city.  Research can be done using past experiments conducted in the city, newspaper articles,  documentaries and journals
https://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm203620.htm

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-chicago-water-lead-contamination-20180411-htmlstory.html

PBS: How We Got Here Today
Episode 1:Clean

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-10/documents/lead-service-lines-study-20130723.pdf
Interview:
-interview some local stakeholders

Survey:
Survey the school community on water use and the type of water that is being used for different use; such as drinking water--bottled water, home filter system or faucet

Observation:
What is being used in our own household, what is the school doing to reduce plastic bottles and improve quality of water

Really good Imelda. There is the possibility for some really interesting investigations here. It would be interesting to know why people choose to have a home filtering system. Doing a water use survey around the school would also be interesting.
Thanks John

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SDG6 https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg6
- Look for statistics of the situation
- Look for news about the problem in own country and make comparisons with other countries
-Research about NGO that are doing something about this problem https://thewaterproject.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NZS_0qtp8Y
- Recent Newspaper articles

Interview
- Look for online interviews
- Contact an NGO working in the field and try to interview somebody

Survey
- Questions about water use in household and school

Observations
- Self observe water use (statistics..)
-Gather recent newspaper articles to reflect about how the issue is treated in media

--Monika

This is also very good Monika. It could very easily lead to an Extended Essay in a subject or to a World Studies Essay in the DP. I like the youtube references you have put in.
John

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How safe is Hong Kongs water? LOCAL

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2083874/how-safe-hong-kongs-water

Ted Talk

How Safe is our Drinking water GLOBAL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXepkIWPhFQ

The Water Crisis

https://water.org/our-impact/water-crisis/

Survey

Survey Students knowledge of Drinking Water Availability both locally and globally

Observations

Look at water supply in Hong Kong

Take Photos of water sources and human impact on these

Consider Single Use Plastic Bottles

Interview

Interview some NGOs I  HK such as Oxfam Cross Roads World Vision etc

https://www.worldvision.org.hk/en/learn/water

Excellent Andy. Does your school offer either Geography or Environmental Systems?. In the Geography course there is an option on this. It might also provide the background for an EE in either subject or a world studies essay.

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Review local news media for information on potable water

Recent Tests Of Houston’s Drinking Water System Have Failed Requirement Set By TCEQ

Interview

Reach out to city officials to set up interviews.

Search for officials who have recorded interviews posted online.

This might prove to be a very interesting interview and hear their perspective on this.
John

Chemicals Found In City of Houston Drinking Water

Survey Questions

Locate questions that can be used to create a survey for peers, family, friends, community members.

Over 100 Questions on Water

How would you do this survey online or face to face?

What skills have your students developed in creating questionnaires and surveys? John

Observation

Make arrangements to visit city facilities education centers

City of Houston Waterworks Education Center

Some excellent ideas here Monica. Well done! John

- Monica

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