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MAKING POTABLE WATER PROGRAM
1st STITTSVILLE SCOUTS
Welcome to the 1st Stittsville Scout Group "Making Potable Water Program" forum.
PURPOSE
The purpose of the “MAKING POTABLE WATER” program is teach Scout leaders and Scout youth necessary skills for making drinking water using a wide variety of techniques when on outdoor activities.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE
The objective of this Potable Water program is to provide outdoor programming activities that teaches Scout leaders and Scout youth the necessary skills to make SAFE DRINKING WATER through a variety of different techniques.
This program has been developed by the 1st Stittsville Delta Troop as an extension of Voyageur Outdoor Skills requirement #14 "Demonstrate how to ensure safe drinking water."
PROGRAM GOAL
This goal of this program is to enhance outdoor skills knowledge with regard to making SAFE DRINKING WATER. This is particularly important knowledge that Scout Leaders should know. Once Scout leaders have this knowledge, they can then teach the youth. When youth have this knowledge, they can then teach other youth, thus providing excellent leadership and mentoring opportunities.
PROGRAM COMPONENTS
There are quite a few components that make up this program. Please be advised that the information that is provided here has been developed by the 1st Stittsville Delta Troop leaders and
1. Has been through field trials for two years
2. Potable water tools used in program have been chosen by the Stittsville Delta Troop leaders
3. Decision making process for making potable water has been chosen by the Scout leaders
4. All information contained in this program reflects the approach taken by 1st Stittsville Delta Troop.
TARGET AUDIENCE
The information in this program is applicable to Scout Leaders from all sections and Troop aged youth. Some sections of the program are applicable to Colony youth up to Venturer level.
PROGRAM HANDOUTS
The following information can be downloaded
1. Program Outline (completed)
2. Program Handout#1 -- The Importance of Hydration (completed)
3. Program Handout#2 -- The Perils of Back Country Water (completed)
4. Program Handout#3 -- Different Potable Water Tools (completed)
5. Program Handout#4 -- Process to follow for making Potable Water (completed)
6. Program Handout#5 -- Water Quiz - test your knowledge (completed)
7. Program Handout#6 -- Additional Potable Water Program Ideas (completed)
8. Program Handout#7 -- Maintenance requirements for Water Filters (completed)
9. Program Handout#8 -- Katadyn Water Guide (From Katadyn web site)
9. Web references
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PDF Guide
Handout #8 - PDF file developed by Katadyn. Well worth the read. |
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Katadyn Water_Guide_EN.pdf |
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This is the master program outline. This file describes how the 1st Stittsville Delta Troop Scout group executed this Potable Water program. |
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Program Overview Potable Water-v001.pdf |
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Handout #1. This file contains a high level overview of the importance of hydration to the human body. |
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Handout1-Importance-of-Hydration-Final.pdf |
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Handout #2. This document details some of the key disease carring organisms that can be found in Backcountry water. |
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Handout2-Perils-of-Backcountry-Water-final.pdf |
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Handout #3. This file shows the tools that the 1st Stittsville Delta Troop has used to teach how to make potable water.
*NOTE* Other people/groups may choose to use different equipment to achieve the same results. |
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Handout3-Different-Potable-Water-Tools.pdf |
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Handout #4. This is the 1st Stittsville Delta Troop decision making process on how to determine the best means for making potable water.
*NOTE* This process may not reflect views on how other people or groups decide to make potable water. |
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Handout4-Process-to-followup.pdf |
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Handout #5. This file contains a quiz that is used to for testing the knowledge of the Scout youth for Potable water |
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Handout5-Potable-Water-Quiz-updated.pdf |
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Quiz sheet that youth complete. This quiz sheet is used with the Potable Water Quiz handout |
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Handout #6. Contains 4 additional program activities for Scout leaders to try out with Scout youth.
1) Filtering water with coffee filter
2) Creating purified water from Tree Still
3) Creating purified water from Ground Still
4) Making potable w |
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Handout6-Additional-Program-Ideas.pdf |
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Handout#7. Contains information about care and maintenance of potable water filters |
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Handout7- Water filter maintenance.pdf |
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ZIP File
Contains all of the User Manuals for the Potable Water tools that are used in this program. |
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Potable-water-User-Guides.zip |
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Contains a list of references which was used to help develop this program |
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Potable Water Program References.pdf |
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