Students from Waringstown Primary School and Bleary Primary School recently received a visit from NI Water’s Education Team where they became ‘Sewer Detectives’ and found out what they should and shouldn’t be flushing down the toilet as part of World Toilet Day.

World Toilet Day is celebrated on the 19th November each year to raise awareness of how almost 1.7 billion people are living without a decent toilet of their own. The theme this year is ‘sanitation in a changing world’ highlighting how climate change, floods, droughts and displacement can shatter fragile systems.

Waringstown Primary School and Bleary Primary School were two schools invited to take part in the NI Water Sewer Detective Mission. Students learned new information all about flushing habits and helped to celebrate this unique day for the humble toilet. They then headed home to inform everyone in their households about what they should and shouldn’t be flushing.

NI Water Education Officer Anna Killen said: “As part of our long-standing partnership with WaterAid, the NI Water education team is proud to help raise community awareness about the life-saving importance of sanitation, as highlighted by World Toilet Day. We can all play our part to protect our environment and public health. Always remember to please dispose of wipes, nappies, and sanitary items responsibly in the bin – flushing them can block sewers and harm the local environment. If in doubt, always remember to only flush the 3 P’s: Pee, Poo and Paper.”

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