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Mission Uchimizu 2010
Report on the ECO Study Tour “Tracing the Journey of Water”
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Date: Monday, 16th August - Friday, 20th August 2010 | |
Venue: Ogouchi Dam (Nishiokutama-gun,Tokyo), Tama River (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo), ECA’s Farm (Nagareyama-shi, Chiba Prefecture), Ochiai Water Reclamation Center (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo) & Minato City ECO-PLAZA / Roppongi Hills (Minato-ku, Tokyo) | | Participants: 58 persons | | Organizers: Mission Uchimizu Headquarters & Tokyo Mizu Youth |
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<Day 1>
Where does our tap water come from? Let’s visit the beginning of the Water’s Journey!
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Date | Monday, 16th August 2010 |
Venue | Ogouchi Dam (Nishiokutama-gun, Tokyo) |
| Activities | Participants visited the Ogouchi Dam, which was completed in 1957 as a reservoir for water supply in Tokyo. We learned the structure and function of the dam and the role of the watershed forest. |
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Learning about the history of the dam from
an Ogouchi Dam’s official. | Receiving an explanation about the structure
of the dam lake and the water quantity and quality. |
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Children learning about the water
environment at the dam museum. | Floating bridge “Mugiyama Ukibashi” on the dam lake. |
<Day 2>
What kinds of creatures can we find in a river? Let’s explore the riverfront!
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Date | Tuesday, 17th August 2010 |
Venue | Tama River (Kinutahonmura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo) |
| Activities | Participants learned the roles of reeds and mosses in the river which clean the water, and the ecosystem of river creatures. |
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| Not much water in the Tama River. | Observing the ecosystem in the Tama River. |
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Found various kinds of creatures such as a
small fish, shrimp and crab. | |
<Day 3>
How the water is used for agriculture? Let’s experience planting and harvesting!
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Date | Wednesday, 18th August 2010 |
Venue | ECA’s Farm (Nagareyama-shi, Chiba Prefecture) |
| Activities | Participants learned the relationship between water and agriculture through planting and harvesting at the farm of ECA, a company promoting organic vegetables by natural farming. |
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| Visiting the Farm. | Pulling out the weeds for cucumber planting. |
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| Planting cucumber seedings. | Harvesting summer vegetables (Water Spinach, Egg Plant, Okra, Pumpkin, Green Perilla, Basil, Cucumber and Tomato). |
<Day 4>
What happens to the used water? Let’s learn how to recycle water!
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Date | Tuesday, 19th August 2010 |
Venue | Ochiai Water Reclamation Center (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo) |
| Activities | Participants learned the water purification process by actually observing the purification system. Treated water is brought back to rivers or used in the office buildings in Shinju-ku. |
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| Lecture on the water reclamation by a former director of the center. | Comparing the clarity of treated water at treatment stages. |
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| Making wooden bucket of forest thinnings. | Mission Uchimizu using recycled water. The air temperature went down from 34.0℃ to 31.9℃. |
<Day 5>
Let’s study how to save water. And Let’s Uchimizu with recycled water!
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Date | Friday, 20th August 2010 |
Venue | Minato City ECO-PLAZA / Roppongi Hills (Minato-ku, Tokyo) |
| Activities | The Director of Mission Uchimizu Headquarters gave a lecture titled “Water is Life” with lots of interesting topics such as the mystery of the Mona Lisa, the secret of the Japanese Long Life and the fact that Japanese people are using lots of foreign water. Also, participants learned the importance of water through the Water Saving Quiz.
Later we joined the Mission Uchimizu in Roppongi and the air temperature went down from 30.8℃ to 30.1℃.
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| Lecture by Dr. Kotaro Takemura, Director of Mission Uchimizu Headquarters. | Awarding a certificate. |
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Mission Uchimizu in Roppongi using the
ground water of the site. | Participants of the study tour. |
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