A group of Thompson Scouts toured Thompson water treatment plant on May 16. The tour allowed the scouts to examine the filtration process which provides clean water to Thompson community members.
"This is a great opportunity for scouts to see how we get water for our daily use," said Scouter Humaid Razool. "Scouts will learn the process that is used to get the clean water we use every day."
Humaid said that one of the great things about such a tour was that it allowed scouts to visually experience the filtration process. By seeing things with their own eyes, the lessons learned in class would make more sense to them. In addition, by seeing real-life applications, they would be able to realize the importance of the lessons they learned in class to the proper functioning of the communities they lived in.
"It’s a part of Scouts Canada’s STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) program and it helps them understand that there is a process that has to happen for everything that we use in life," Humaid said. "Even the water we use to take a shower each morning has to go through everything they are seeing today in order to be fit for use."
“The scouts not only walked through the various facilities in the plant, but they also were asked to solve a simple equation used to help cleanse the water. They also learned that technical knowledge is needed to understand the readings from the instruments in the monitoring station” Humaid mentioned.
"The water we drink would make us sick if we didn't clean it," said Aeron Humaid, a first year scout. "Before coming on the trip, though, I didn't know how the water was filtered and it was fun to see that today.”
