Meet the Pollutants aims to teach kids about water pollution
Learn about the damage it does to our waterways and how you can help
For Kids
For Educators
Character Profiles
Feature Pollutant – Rus
Pollutant: Phosphorus
Source: Wastewater and fertilizer
What you can do: Reduce fertilizer use on lawns and gardens
Rus, short for Phosphorus, is a messy and sensitive nutrient, and too much of it can really upset our waterways. Rus is caused by human activities like land clearing, riverbank destruction and careless dumping of toxic materials. High levels of this pollutant in our rivers and creeks means algae will grow faster than the waterway can handle.
Resources
| Books > for purchase |
 Order your colouring in and picture books through blurb.com Profits from the sale of these books will help fund our cleanup program Tip: sign up to the Blurb mailing list for significant discounts
> Colouring-In Book
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| Posters > for download |
  Download these posters for your classroom
> Download Poster #1
> Download Poster #2
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| Factsheets > for download |
 Learn about the nasty gang of pollutants destroying our waterways
> Download Factsheets
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| Display Models > for loan |
   
If you would like to borrow our collection of hand crafted models for an event please get in touch
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| Merchandise > for purchase |
   
Order some cool Meet the Pollutants merchandise and help spread the word about waterway pollution > Order your merchandise hereProfits from the sales will help fund our cleanup program
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| Images > for download |
  Download these image sets and create your own teaching resources. These images can be used under a Creative Commons 4.0 License
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| Information Packs > for schools and potential partners |
> Download Information Pack for Potential Partners
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Many thanks to Siobhan Skipworth who brought these characters to life
Special thanks to those people who have generously donated their time to the campaign including Scott Browning, Thomas Csere, Sarah Francis, Purnima Periwal and Elissa O’Malley
Please get in touch if you would like to know more about the campaign or would like to partner with Water by Design to help spread the word about water pollution
info@hlw.org.au or 07) 3177 9100
