The Severn Trent Water be smart with water initiative www.stwater.co.uk/learning

Climate change and education portal: http://climatechange.wmnet.org.uk

Maps and images:

The world’s water hotspots - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3754520.stm

Earth from the air www.earthfromtheair.com

Earth from space [including water habitats] http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov

UK maps at different scales www.multimap.com

In the news:

Use the search engine to find water-related articles:

CBBC news http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/

For news from around the world www.transnational.org/new/TNN.html

Water audits:

Think leadership www.thinkleadership.org.uk

The water topic at ecoschools www.eco-schools.org.uk/howto/primary/6/6_4.htm

Case studies:

The Ogallala Aquifer http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3754520.stm

Guyana Water For news from Guyana see www.landofsixpeoples.com

Water wars Mike Thomson, 02/02/05: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/africa/4227869.stm

Across the curriculum:

Make your own aquifer! www.illinoisamerican.com/awpr1/ilaw/about_water/education_kids/experiments/index.html and download ‘Alarming aquifer’.

Dam it! - role play about Carsington Water, Derbyshire: www.e4s.org.uk/frame_6.htm [under Focus on Ethiopia]

The water maths activity www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/water/stats/index.htm

Water in history - Victorian Birmingham www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/your_birmingham/back_to_backs

Water music: Baka water drumming [Africa – see www.bakabeyond.co.uk/Baka_mainpage.html]
Score for a hole in the ground [www.prsfoundation.co.uk]
Water gamelan [Indonesia – see www.imusic.org.uk];

Water colours: www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/ukiyoe

Water tales: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html

Nepalese websites:

Kathmandu City official site: www.kathmandu.gov.np
Kathmandu weather forecast: www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?world=0152
Nepal Water for Health: www.newah.org.np
News links from Nepal: www.nepalnews.com
Unicef background information: www.unicef.org/infobycountry/nepal_nepal_background.html

Other useful sites:

Bottled water industry: www.bottledwaterweb.com/

Centre for Ecology and Hydrology: www.ceh.ac.uk/

Defra [water division]: www.defra.gov.uk/environment/water/

Drinking water inspectorate: www.dwi.gov.uk

Environment Agency: www.environment-agency.gov.uk/

Global Citizenship: www.citizenship-global.org.uk/

Global Dimension: www.globaldimension.org.uk/

Global Express: www.dep.org.uk/globalexpress

Global Eye: www.globaleye.org.uk/

Ofwat and Water Voice: www.ofwat.gov.uk/

Water Aid: www.wateraid.org.uk/site/learn_zone

Water conservation portal: www.waterconserve.info

Water UK: www.water.org.uk/

World Water Council: www.worldwatercouncil.org/

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