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School Visits

Get Water Smart with Smart Water Lessons

Did you know Smart Water offer FREE School Visits and Teaching resources?

Smart water offers a free education programme to schools within Waipā, Waitomo and Hamilton City Council areas. Our lessons are focussed around valuing water and how to use it in an efficient way.

Smart Water school visits


What do Smart Water School visits cover?

  • Where does water comes from / Water Cycle?
  • How does water get to your home?
  • Why should we be careful with water use?
  • Why we need to treat water & how we treat it
  • How much water we use & how to measure what we use 
  • How we can use water more wisely?
  • Shower timer and pledge stickers provided to take home to whanau.


What can Smart Water do for me?

  • Provide a water conservation-focused lesson to students
  • Provide you with freshwater-themed educational resources
  • Provide teaching resources, reading material and links to compliment your studies on the topic of water.
  • We can also suggest other organisations that can compliment your studies in this field.

This programme is available to any primary or intermediate school within Hamilton, Waipā or Waitomo District. Please fill in the form below to register your interest and we will be in touch.

Smart Water is a partnership between Hamilton City Council, Waipā District Council and Waitomo District Council. Aiming to foster a greater understanding and appreciation of water from source to tap, we support schools, organisations and the community to value water and use it in an efficient way.

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