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Don't be a drip! The American Water Works Association has created an on-line drip calculator that lets you figure out how much water one leak wastes every day, month and year. Warning - it's a whole lot of water: www.awwa.org/advocacy/learn/conserve/dripcalc.cfm

The Environmental Protection Agency's Web site for kids has a good section on water including games (grouped K-6 and 7-12), classroom activities and educational resources as well as links to other water Web sites: www.epa.gov/kids

The Groundwater Foundation's Web site for kids (and educators) is full of basic information about groundwater, clean water conservation and the water cycle: www.groundwater.org/kc/kc.html

water testing stationThe New York Department of Environmental Protection's voluminous Web site on NYC's watershed system, its history, current workings and protection has an abundance of useful information, maps, diagrams, data, "do's and dont's" and kid-friendly facts: https://www.nyc.gov/site/dep/water/drinking-water.page

There's also a DEP Web site for kids which includes a good quiz and a "Water-Saver's Workbook" full of activities in the spirit of water conservation: nyc.gov/html/dep/html/kids.html

The American Museum of Natural History's water Web site for kids covers all the world's oceans and their inhabitants. ology.amnh.org/marinebiology

sinkFor terrific information on the Hudson River and guidance on how to get involved with its preservation (let's just say spying may be involved) head to www.riverkeeper.org.

And if you are in the mood for 110 easy tips on saving water or a game of concentration that incorporates water saving tips, visit www.wateruseitwisely.com.

For a really good look at some of the most miraculous bodies of water in NYC, head to Jamaica Bay and/or Staten Island, where two national parks are waiting to make your acquaintance:
www.nps.gov/gate/jbu/jbu_home.htm and
www.nps.gov/gate/siu/siu_home.htm

WATER F A C T S !

A human can live a month without food, but only a week without water.

One gallon of water weighs eight pounds.

Today the eight million or so New Yorkers use about a billion and half gallons of water every day.

The water you brushed your teeth with this morning in New York fell as rain or snow into the hills and mountains north of the city a year or two ago.

New York City has 892 sampling stations to make sure the water is safe to drink.

In 1935, an eight foot alligator was captured in a manhole in East Harlem.

When everybody flushes their toilet at the same time there is a huge drop in the water pressure in the giant tunnels that carry the water under the city.

The East River isn't a River; its part of the Atlantic Ocean.