68th Street School Recognizes

World Water Day!!!

Theme for 2011 – “Water for CitiesResponding to the Urban Challenge”

The Los Angeles River from Downtown LA

Los Angeles view from the Department of Water and Power

World Water Day in LA . . . an exciting exploration for our 6th Grade Water Research Group.

We learned that the largest water problem facing cities is “rapid urban population growth.” This means that city populations are growing more quickly than water can be found to serve them.

Los Angeles

River

The population of the cities in the world is 3,300,000,000 people. The total world population is 6,900,000,000 people. 1 in 2 people live in a city. In Africa and Asia the urban population will double by 2030. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

The population of California is 37,000,000. Los Angeles County has 9,800,000 people. Los Angeles City is one of the most populated cities in the United States. We have a long history of water problems. William Mulholland conceived the Colorado River Aqueduct to bring water into LA 1941. It made our large scale urban population growth possible. William Mulholland and the Colorado River Aqueduct, LA’s Water Supply

It’s hard for nature and wildlife to survive.

What We Are Doing Here in LA

6th Grade dedicated students developed lessons for the other grades from Kinder – 5th about how to conserve water.

We want to do our part to help the world, so we started by teaching the younger children here at home.

We teach

water conservation

so the world will have enough water.