Children from Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield and Solihull are among 100,000 who have committed to look after water and the environment.
Top marks have been awarded to children and young people who have made a pledge to Severn Trent to play their part.
During the academic year, Severn Trent’s education team has visited primary and secondary schools across the region, spreading important messages including how to save water and the right and wrong things to flush down the toilet.
In total, there have been 135,045 youngsters educated between September 2022 and July 2023.
Regionally, the number of children educated was:
Delivering interactive assemblies and workshops, officers talk to children all about water, waste, and the environment and during the year they have made a commitment to help look after our water and the environment.
Maxine Smith, senior education officer at Severn Trent, said: “This year has been hugely successful for the education team with an amazing number of young people engaged and committing to making a change in their daily habits to help the environment.
“The sessions and the pledges that they make help them to think about the work that Severn Trent does and how their actions can go a long way in impacting the environment.”
The current roadshow topic of the education team is ‘Our Super Sewers’ which covers topics including what is sewage, how is it treated, the consequences of sewer misuse and how a healthy sewer can contribute towards a healthy environment .
This assembly is available to primary and secondary schools until the end of March 2024, and bookings are being taken with all sessions completely free.
With schools out for the summer, the education team will be hitting the road as they continue to spread its message to children and their families by taking out the interactive education bus out and about during the holidays.
