We're launching the 2024-2025 Student Action on Canadian Water Attitudes Competition! Be sure to learn more about the competition by visiting https://www.safewater.org/2024-2025-student-action-competition. Sign up to compete and make sure that you watch the Introductory Webinar recording and email us to let us know that you have watched it by November 1, 2024, in order to be eligible to compete.
At the time of writing this, we still have a handful of sponsored kits available for schools located anywhere in Canada, so request yours today!
We have a new Kit Coordinator and are happy to have him on board. He is making great strides in learning how to assemble the water testing kits.
Now that school is in full swing, don't forget that we offer free online meetings with your students. During these online meetings, we can help your students use the water testing kits, answer their questions about water issues in Canada, and much more!
We hope you are enjoying a great season of sweater weather!
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Thank You So Much Dakota Dunes Community Development Corporation (DDCDC)!
DDCDC granted us $5,015 to send sponsored water testing kits to schools within their catchment area. We are very grateful for their support, which has enabled us to deliver kits to several schools in Saskatoon and Warman.
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Thank You So Much S. M. Blair Family Foundation!
S. M. Blair Family Foundation provided us with $3,000 to enable us to integrate some of the more recent research and policies that are related to water (for example, related to microplastics and to manganism) into our educational programs and our fact sheets. Thank you so much, to S. M. Blair Family Foundation, for continuing to support us for so many years - they were one of our original funders, and we have been receiving support from them for well over two decades!
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Thank You So Much SaskTel Internet!
SaskTel Internet has provided us with $2,000 to send sponsored Operation Water Pollution kits to rural Saskatchewan schools. They have also provided us with reusable water bottles and stickers to send to the schools with the Operation Water Pollution kits. Thank you so much to SaskTel Internet!
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The 2024-2025 Student Action on Canadian Water Attitudes Competition Has Launched!
There are $5,200 worth of prizes up for grabs! Be sure to find out all about the competition, register to compete, watch the recording of the Introductory Webinar, and inform us that you have watched the recording of the Introductory Webinar by November 1, 2024!
If you want to be a volunteer judge, please contact Nicole at info@safewater.org or 1.306.934.0389 and she will be happy to provide you with more information and get your short bio and picture for SDWF's website!
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Learning for a Sustainable Future (LSF) Action Project Funding is Available!
If you need some seed money to tackle your project for our Student Action on Canadian Water Attitudes competition, LSF might be able to help! The funding could be used to purchase water testing kits from SDWF to provide background information to your students about water. LSF is funding student-led climate change/sustainability Action Projects with up to $500 each, apply now!
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We Still Have A Few Sponsored Kits Left!
There are around a dozen sponsored kits currently available for schools located anywhere in Canada. Make sure that you request sponsored kits very soon if you want some!
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Introducing Our New Kit Coordinator - Priyansh Jhanji
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At the beginning of September, Priyansh Jhanji started working at SDWF as our new Kit Coordinator. Priyansh is a grade 11 student at Centennial Collegiate who is passionate about technology. After high school, he plans to attend university to earn a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. As a dedicated badminton player, Priyansh proudly represented his school in competitions. He is also committed to giving back through volunteering to positively impact his community.
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State of Drinking Water Quality in Canada
According to Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) (https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1506514143353/1533317130660) as of September 28, 2024, there were 33 long-term (meaning the advisory has been in place for more than a year) drinking water advisories on public systems on reserves in effect in 31 First Nations communities (Indigenous Services Canada funds public water systems that serve 5 or more household connections and public water systems that serve public facilities that are funded by the department).
There are close to 500 non-public drinking water systems on reserve that are the responsibility of the owner, operator, or another stakeholder. There were 20 long-term drinking water advisories on non-public drinking water systems on reserve, South of 60, not including those in British Columbia, as of July 19, 2024.
In addition, according to ISC (https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1562856509704/1562856530304) as of October 9, 2024, there were 40 short-term drinking water advisories in place in First Nations communities south of 60, excluding those in the British Columbia region.
As of September 30, 2024, there were six long-term and five short-term drinking water quality advisories, 10 long-term and three short-term boil water advisories, and nine long-term and one short-term do not consume orders in First Nations communities in British Columbia (https://www.fnha.ca/Documents/Drinking-Water-Advisory-Monthly-Summary.pdf).
In total, across Canada, according to watertoday.ca as of October 10, 2024, there were 60 Water Quality Advisories, 1,134 Boil Water Advisories, 211 Blue-green Algae Advisories, 91 Do Not Consume Orders, three Water Shortage Advisories, and three Flood Advisories.
As you gather with your families for Thanksgiving, we encourage you to think about how much more difficult the gathering would be if you were under a boil water advisory or a do not drink order, and to give thanks for safe drinking water if you are lucky enough to have it.
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Do One of the Smartest Things You Can Do to Improve the Drinking Water Quality Situation in Canada - Donate to Safe Drinking Water Foundation!
You can make it possible for us to educate the leaders of today and tomorrow by making a donation.
Donations can be made:
We are a registered charity (868384892RR0001). Donate $3 or more and receive an Official Donation Receipt for Income Tax Purposes.
If organizations donate $1,000 or more they will receive recognition in SDWF’s quarterly newsletters twice, and if they donate $10,000 or more they will also receive recognition on SDWF’s website for at least one year (the SDWF website receives over 550,000 unique visitors per year) and their logo will include a hyperlink to their website. All donors are also thanked on our Facebook page and in our Facebook group. For more information, please visit: www.safewater.org/donate.
We also gratefully accept and acknowledge legacy gifts.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to call us at 1.306.934.0389 or to email us at info@safewater.org. Thank you!
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