The Wonderful Water Tour
The Wonderful Water Tour is an innovative educational roadshow created to inspire and educate children across our region about the wonderful world of water.
We live and breathe water at Severn Trent. Not a day passes without us exploring new ways to source it, look after it and ensure all our customers can enjoy it every day of the year.
Our passionate team of Education Officers is determined to visit every primary school in our region to share this knowledge, offering a range of free activities as well as site visits for primary schools and community groups.
Primary school visits
We offer assembly sessions and workshops. Most schools choose both options as they work well together and help inspire the children.
Our team of educators are experts in making our free sessions interactive, informative and most of all fun! We’d love to host an assembly in person or if you prefer we can deliver it through our livestream video option.
Book the Wonderful Water Tour for your primary school
Designed for ages 7 to 11, our interactive van will bring the world of Severn Trent to life! Our hands-on experience is split into two 30-minute sections:
The Wonderful Water Tour lasts for one hour per class and is also completely free. Spaces are limited and the experience is very popular so get in touch with the team today to book in.
Classroom workshops
All the workshops that we offer are 1 hour long and designed to be hosted in a classroom environment. Children will often break off into smaller groups to do an activity as part of the workshops. We will provide all resources/equipment needed for each workshop.
The Water Street workshop is a great choice if your class is currently learning about the water cycle and ways to conserve water. It’s also a hit with Eco-councils/groups! This workshop gives an interactive insight into the water cycle and Severn Trent’s journey of water.
The class then break off into groups to carry out a measuring activity where each group will look at how various families use water. Will their family be water wasters or water savers? (This activity involves measuring water in millilitres so please bear this in mind when choosing the year groups that you’d like involved).
Our Sewer Soup workshop is the choice for you if your class is learning about filtration, sustainability and how we clean our water. A favourite with many of our classes, your children will create their own sewage as a class, letting us know what should (and shouldn’t!) go down the sink and the toilet.
They then have a task to attempt to clean and filter the ‘sewage’ after watching a video to show how we do this for real. This is a fun, interactive introduction to the waste-water treatment process will get the whole class thinking about what may cause blockages and how we can avoid them.
Don't just take our word for it...
Educational site tours
Ever wondered how a sewage treatment really works? Or how we turn waste into clean water? Thanks to our education centre in Derby, you’ll soon have more answers than questions.
We offer free site tours to primary schools and adult community groups within our region, providing a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of a treatment works. If you’re a primary school, then our only requirement is that you allow us to deliver an assembly to your whole school.
Due to their popularity, availability is strictly limited, and pre-booking is absolutely essential. All site tours are run by our education team, who’ll discuss the unique requirements of your group prior to confirming the booking.
Contact the education team
| County | Advisor name | Phone number | Contact online |
| The Black Country and Shropshire | Chris Harper | 07703 718 459 | Contact Chris |
| Derbyshire | Leanne Town | 07834 420 019 | Contact Leanne |
| Coventry and Warwickshire | Siobhan Bray | 07966 677 724 | Contact Siobhan |
| Gloucestershire and Worcestershire |
Naomi Bentley | 07483 583721 | Contact Naomi |
| Nottinghamshire | Phil Pearce | 07703 718 340 | Contact Phil |
| Leicestershire | Victoria Johnson | 07484 023 690 | Contact Victoria |
| Birmingham and Central |
Andy Hussey | 07977 450 042 | Contact Andy |
| Staffordshire | Lucy Farmer | 07971 542 616 | Contact Lucy |
| Senior Education Officer | Claire Greer | 07989 429 414 | Contact Claire |
School or college careers events
We try to attend as many careers events at schools and colleges in our region as possible. With so many educational institutions in our area, we can't always get to every event.
If you're interested in a career in the water industry, and you weren't able to speak to us at a careers event or would just like to know more, please get in touch with us at potential@severntrent.co.uk , and we'll answer your questions. We'd love to hear from you!