Resources for Why become a Waterschool
Survey: "Drinking Behavior, Water Quality and Access to Water in the Partner Countries Schools"
The survey describes health data (obesity, overweight, caries) and the situation of drinking behavior of children and adolescents in the project partner countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom).
There is also an overview of quality of drinking water and the availability of clean water in kindergartens and schools.
Survey: "Drinking Behavior, Water Quality and Access to Water in the Partner Countries Schools"
The EU Action Plan on Childhood Obesity 2014-2020 was launched in February 2014. The overarching goal of this action plan is to contribute to halting the rise in overweight and obesity in children and young people by 2020.
EU Action Plan on Childhood Obesity 2014-2020
The European strategy for plastics lays the foundations to a new plastics economy, where the design and production of plastics and plastic products fully respect reuse, repair and recycling needs and more sustainable materials are developed and promoted.
A European strategy for plastics in a circular economy
Scientific Article March 2020: Making Europe go from bottles to the tap: Political and societal attempts to induce behavioral change, Download: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wat2.1435
The concept of water footprint
The water footprint shows the extent of water use in relation to consumption by people. The water footprint of an individual, community or business is defined as the total volume of fresh water used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual or community or produced by the business. Water use is measured in water volume consumed (evaporated) and/or polluted per unit of time.
The following link and videos explain this concept.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_footprint
What's your water footprint? WWF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_bUzH6T6zU
Water Education TV: Your Water Footprint
https://www.projectwet.org/file/videos/water-education-tv-your-water-footprint-episode-5
European Water statistics: https://water.europa.eu/freshwater/data-and-topics
Articles about water and health: