STORMWATER SUPERHERO TRAILER
STORMWATER SUPERHERO TRAILER
What is the Stormwater Superhero Trailer?
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A Mobile Educational Resource: Designed to provide education around stormwater along with actions we can take to prevent contaminating it.
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Interactive 3D Model Games: Showing paths of both treated and untreated water, and the ideal paths for the native long fin tuna eel to survive.
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Multimedia Learning Hub: Equipped with a touch screen TV providing multichoice educational games and an educational movie around stormwater.
Stormwater
Waterways can recover; however, it takes a sustained effort over many years. Working together we can make a positive difference. Every bit helps — even small things make a difference.
Why it matters
Stormwater is water that runs off roofs, driveways, roads and gardens then into gutters. It flows untreated into our waterways and out to sea. On its journey, it picks up a whole heap of nasty bits and pieces that end up in our rivers and streams. This includes litter and rubbish, animal excrement and chemicals from things like washing cars and paintbrushes on the driveway.
Booking the trailer
To ensure the safety of the user and the trailer, any booking made to use the trailer will require the user to have a training session with a Christchurch Envirohub team member. Additionally you may need to be prepared to transport the trailer and have someone actively facilitate it. To book the trailer click the button below.
What the data shows
Environment Canterbury’s surface water quality data shows the following key contaminants are of concern throughout the Christchurch urban catchment:
- Zinc
From roads and roofing
- Copper
From roads and roofing
- Sediment
Total suspended solids
- E. coli
From human sources, dogs and birds
- Phosphorus (DRP)
From roads and roofing
- Nitrate-Nitrogen
Thought to be mainly from groundwater surfaces
Each of these contaminants may cause harm to stream life, risks to contact recreation (swimming in the water), and growth of nuisance aquatic plants and algae.
What is the Stormwater Superhero Trailer?
●
A Mobile Educational Resource: Designed to provide education around stormwater along with actions we can take to prevent contaminating it.
●
Interactive 3D Model Games: Showing paths of both treated and untreated water, and the ideal paths for the native long fin tuna eel to survive.
●
Multimedia Learning Hub: Equipped with a touch screen TV providing multichoice educational games and an educational movie around stormwater.
Stormwater
Waterways can recover; however, it takes a sustained effort over many years. Working together we can make a positive difference. Every bit helps — even small things make a difference.
Why it matters
Stormwater is water that runs off roofs, driveways, roads and gardens then into gutters. It flows untreated into our waterways and out to sea. On its journey, it picks up a whole heap of nasty bits and pieces that end up in our rivers and streams. This includes litter and rubbish, animal excrement and chemicals from things like washing cars and paintbrushes on the driveway.
Booking the trailer
To ensure the safety of the user and the trailer, any booking made to use the trailer will require the user to have a training session with a Christchurch Envirohub team member. Additionally you may need to be prepared to transport the trailer and have someone actively facilitate it. To book the trailer click the button below.
What the data shows
Environment Canterbury’s surface water quality data shows the following key contaminants are of concern throughout the Christchurch urban catchment:
- Zinc
From roads and roofing
- Copper
From roads and roofing
- Sediment
Total suspended solids
- E. coli
From human sources, dogs and birds
- Phosphorus (DRP)
From roads and roofing
- Nitrate-Nitrogen
Thought to be mainly from groundwater surfaces
Each of these contaminants may cause harm to stream life, risks to contact recreation (swimming in the water), and growth of nuisance aquatic plants and algae.
Be a Stormwater Superhero at home
- Take the Dog
Take a bag with you, pick up your dog’s poo and dispose of it properly.
- Cleaning the Car
Use a bucket to wash it on the grass verge so the grass filters out the pollutants or use a professional and sustainable car wash.
- No grass lawn?
Go to your local community garden or car wash.
- Painting House
Wash your brushes in the laundry sink not directly into the stormwater drain.
- Change Brakes
Ask for copper-free pads, they’re better for our waterways.
- Put Rubbish Out
Check the gutter outside, pick up any rubbish and leaves and put it in the appropriate bin for collection.
- Construction
Keep the dirt on your property. If dirt or sediment leaving building sites and going onto footpaths phone Environment Canterbury on 0800 765 588 (24/7) or report using the Snap, Send, Solve app.
If you are keen to take more extensive action you can look at creating a rain garden.
Be a Stormwater Superhero at home
- Take the Dog
Take a bag with you, pick up your dog’s poo and dispose of it properly.
- Cleaning the Car
Use a bucket to wash it on the grass verge so the grass filters out the pollutants or use a professional and sustainable car wash.
- No grass lawn?
Go to your local community garden or car wash.
- Painting House
Wash your brushes in the laundry sink not directly into the stormwater drain.
- Change Brakes
Ask for copper-free pads, they’re better for our waterways.
- Put Rubbish Out
Check the gutter outside, pick up any rubbish and leaves and put it in the appropriate bin for collection.
- Construction
Keep the dirt on your property. If dirt or sediment leaving building sites and going onto footpaths phone Environment Canterbury on 0800 765 588 (24/7) or report using the Snap, Send, Solve app.
If you are keen to take more extensive action you can look at creating a rain garden.
Be a stormwater superhero at work
Whether you work in a workshop, on a construction site or in an office — it’s important to look after our stormwater at work as well. It’s particularly important for workplaces storing and using oils and hazardous substances to have stormwater protection measures and spill procedures in place to prevent any pollution getting into the stormwater network and ending up in our waterways.
Information about what you can do in your workplace to help keep our waterways clean:
Report an environmental incident
If you see dirt or sediment leaving building sites and going onto footpaths or roads, phone Environment Canterbury on 0800 765 588 (24/7) or report using the Snap, Send, Solve app.
More information
Find more resources on stormwater:
- Protecting Canterbury’s water
- What’s being done to protect our water?
- What is the state of recreational water in Canterbury?
- Christchurch waterways – Christchurch City Council water quality report (PDF File, 3.12MB)
Creators and supporters of the Superhero Stormwater trailer
Be a stormwater superhero at work
Whether you work in a workshop, on a construction site or in an office — it’s important to look after our stormwater at work as well. It’s particularly important for workplaces storing and using oils and hazardous substances to have stormwater protection measures and spill procedures in place to prevent any pollution getting into the stormwater network and ending up in our waterways.
Information about what you can do in your workplace to help keep our waterways clean:
Report an environmental incident
If you see dirt or sediment leaving building sites and going onto footpaths or roads, phone Environment Canterbury on 0800 765 588 (24/7) or report using the Snap, Send, Solve app.
More information
Find more resources on stormwater:
- Protecting Canterbury’s water
- What’s being done to protect our water?
- What is the state of recreational water in Canterbury?
- Christchurch waterways – Christchurch City Council water quality report (PDF File, 3.12MB)
Additional CCC links
Creators and supporters of the Superhero Stormwater trailer
Be a Stormwater Superhero at home
The good news is – it’s easy to be a Stormwater Superhero. We can all take small actions to help keep stormwater clean and improve the quality of water in our rivers and streams.
These include things like:
- Taking the dog for a walk. Take a bag with you, pick up your dog’s poo and dispose of it properly.
- Cleaning the car. Use a bucket to wash it on the grass verge so the grass filters out the pollutants or use a professional and sustainable car wash.
- Don’t have a grass lawn? Go to your local community garden or car wash.
- Painting round the house. Wash your brushes in the laundry sink not directly into the stormwater drain.
- Changing the brakes on your car. Ask for copper-free pads, they’re better for our waterways.
- Putting the rubbish out. Check the gutter outside, pick up any rubbish and leaves and put it in the appropriate bin for collection.
- If doing some construction or landscaping keep the dirt on your property. If you see dirt or sediment leaving building sites and going onto footpaths or roads phone Environment Canterbury on 0800 765 588 (24/7) or report using the Snap, Send, Solve app.
If you are keen to take more extensive action you can look at creating a rain garden.
Be a stormwater superhero at work
Whether you work in a workshop, on a construction site or in an office — it’s important to look after our stormwater at work as well. It’s particularly important for workplaces storing and using oils and hazardous substances to have stormwater protection measures and spill procedures in place to prevent any pollution getting into the stormwater network and ending up in our waterways.
Information about what you can do in your workplace to help keep our waterways clean:
Report an environmental incident
If you see dirt or sediment leaving building sites and going onto footpaths or roads, phone Environment Canterbury on 0800 765 588 (24/7) or report using the Snap, Send, Solve app.
More information
Find more resources on stormwater:
- Protecting Canterbury’s water
- What’s being done to protect our water?
- What is the state of recreational water in Canterbury?
- Christchurch waterways – Christchurch City Council water quality report (PDF File, 3.12MB)
Creators and supporters of the Superhero Stormwater trailer