Reading work for term 2 Week 6

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Name: Janine

Date: 26th May Term 2 week 6

KWL Chart

In the first column, write what you already know about sewerage. In the second column, write what you want to know about sewerage, pump stations and vacuum sewers. After you have completed your research, write what you learned in the third column. What I Know What I Want to Know What I Learned.

What I Know	What I Want to Know	What I Learned
*Sewage it getting into our lakes, ponds, rivers, oceans. *Sewage is water that comes from our sinks, baths, toilets and bathroom. *It’s GROSS! *Sewage can be a problem.	*Why is there so much sewage? *Is sewage a problem? - Why	I learnt……. *That sewage can stop people from using their taps and drinking water from the taps. *That there is three types of water. *Liquefaction can be a solid and a liquid. *That christchurch has a SCRIT team and they fix problems in the pipes. *Potable water is water that runs out of your taps. *Stormwater is water that falls out of the sky - other name for it is rain. *Wastewater is water that we have used before. *The sewage was knee deep at christchurch when the earthquake happened. *Sewage can cause damage to the environment.

Day 2 - Questions (Answers these questions using your text).

But where do you start when an entire city has been brought to its knees?

“Obviously a wrecked sewerage system is a major health hazard,” says Simon Christie, a structural engineer with SCIRT. “Fixing that was our top priority.”

1. Why was fixing the sewerage system ‘top priority’?

Because if it wasn’t fixed first then people & animals can get sick. Also the sewage can cause harm to the environment.

The Three Waters

A city’s water supply is a complicated business! This is because there are three different kinds of water to deal with:

2. What are the three different kinds of water to deal with?

Potable water - water that runs out of taps that is clean and safe to drink.

Wastewater - Water that has been used, like water that you have used to bathe in or shower.

Stormwater - Rainwater that washes out to the outside drains.

Day 3 - Vocab (What do the following words mean. How can these keywords help you to understand the text?)

convey - Transport, taking something somewhere. Eg; car or bus.	sewerage - The pipes that carry sewage.	Water waste - Water that has been used. Eg; water from the bath or shower.
contamination - Things that are minour to the physical body or workspace eg;	infrastructure - Building supplies used for buildings.	potable - Water that runs out of your taps.
liquefaction - It can be a solid or liquid.	silt - Fine clay or sand that comes to the top when liquefaction happens.	biosolids - A material that is made from recycled sewage.
vacuum sewer - A vacuum that sucks up sewage.	innovation - An action or process of innovating.	stakeholders - A person with an interest or concern of something. (Normally in a business.)

Day 4

Colloquial expressions - what do the following expressions mean?

“meet the same fate”

“Generally speaking” If I generally speak than I speak in my

“every cloud has a silver lining” there's always something happy to happen after something bad happens.

“up and running”  =  Something is going after it has been fixed. Eg; The car is now up and running. - Something has broken down and someone fixed it up so it is up and running.