CHARLESTON, W.Va. (September 16, 2019) – The
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection's (WVDEP) Project Water
Education for Teachers (Project WET), in conjunction with the Marshall
University College of Sciences, is hosting the Marshall University Water
Festival Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Huntington.
Close to 300 elementary school students from Cabell, Putnam, and Lincoln
Counties are set to attend the day-long event and will participate in a variety
of activities designed to promote awareness, knowledge, and stewardship of
water resources.
Students will see presentations on stormwater, water conservation, quality, and
usage, the water cycle, acid rain, stream ecology, while also learning about
how water affects different species such as reptiles, fish, crayfish, and
trout.
Presenters include the WVDEP's Youth Environmental Program, Save Our Streams
program, and Division of Air Quality, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Marshall University's College of Sciences and
College of Education and Professional Development, the state Department of Forestry,
West Virginia American Water, Huntington Storm Utility, and Huntington High
School.
For more information, contact Project WET coordinator Tomi Bergstrom at
304-926-0499 ext. 1098 or Tomi.M.Bergstrom@wv.gov, or Tina Cartwright with
Marshall University at 304-696-3457 or tina.cartwright@marshall.edu.
For
more WVDEP news and information, go to www.dep.wv.gov. Also, connect with the agency on
all social media platforms. Follow @DEPWV on Twitter, Like us on Facebook
at https://www.facebook.com/depwv/, and find us on YouTube by searching “Environment Matters.”
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