Shane the Siltslayer

An Educational Adventure in Water Purification.

Shane the Siltslayer

Shane the Siltslayer is a short story written to introduce the many specialised machines East Gippsland Water uses to keep our water safe to drink.

Listen to the tale of Shane the Siltslayer as he travels to the bush to help his friends clean the drinking water in a rural town after a bushfire threatens their water supply. With the help of Shane’s friends, they push away the mud to reveal clean drinking water.

Meet Shane the Siltslayer

Meet the real Shane and his friends at our treatment plant in Orbost. The Siltslayers and our treatment teams worked tirelessly to make sure that there was clean, safe drinking water during the 2019/2020 summer bushfires.

Printable Resources & Activities

Finished the story, but want to learn more about how Siltslayers work to clean and clarify our drinking water? Check out the activities below:

Prep - Grade 2 Siltslayer Wordsearch (+ answers) PDF | 4.47mb

Grade 2-6 Siltslayer Wordsearch (+ answers) PDF | 11.54mb

Grade 4-6 Siltslayer Wordsearch (+ answers) PDF | 12.95mb

Shane's Maze (Grade 2- 6) PDF | 8.38mb

Shane's Maze (Grade 2- 4) PDF | 6.68mb

Shane's Maze (Grade 3- 6) PDF | 22.38mb

Design your own Siltslayer PDF | 3.56mb

East Gippsland Water acknowledges the Gunaikurnai people as the Traditional Custodians of the land and water on which we live and work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present. We commit to working respectfully to honour their ongoing cultural and spiritual connections to this country.