Protect Water education program learning modules

Click on the ‘Modules’ links, at right or below, for excerpts of the learning program that was completed by community working groups in the Maitland Valley and Ausable Bayfield areas.

Modules

1. Introduction to Source Protection
2. Watershed Descriptions – Maitland Valley and Ausable Bayfield Source Protection Areas
3. Water Quality
4. Vulnerable Areas
5. Threats to Drinking Water Sources – Threat Activities and Conditions
6. Assessing Risks to Water Quality and Quantity – Assessment Reports
7. Existing Source Protection Impacts and Issues: How to Find Solutions
8. Existing Programs to Protect Drinking Water Sources
9. The Water Budget in Concept (Conceptual Water Budget)
10. Water Budgets for the Region – Tier 1; Tier 2; Tier 3
11. Review
12. Strategies for Action – Tools
13. Monitoring and Tracking Progress
14. Evaluation by Participants
15. Summary
16. Adopt a Vulnerable Area – Vulnerableville (Workbook)
17. BONUS MODULE – Practical ways to protect drinking water, a module suitable for secondary schools, community groups, or for review when you have completed the program.

The Look and Feel of Each Learning Module

All modules are laid out in a similar fashion.

1) Section One of each module outlines the learning expectations as well as
learning activities to achieve those expectations.

2) Section Two is called ‘Priming the Pump’ and it provides notes, definitions and fact sheets.

3) Section Three is reserved for handouts and additional readings as well as a place where you can keep track of your field assignments and findings.