CHARLESTON, W.Va. (September 18, 2019) – The
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s (WVDEP) Project Water
Education for Teachers (Project WET) and Watershed Improvement Branch are
hosting two water festivals Thursday in Kanawha and Wyoming Counties. The
festivals are geared towards elementary school students and are designed to
promote awareness, knowledge, and stewardship of water resources.
The upcoming festivals are:
·
Morris
Creek Outing Water Festival: Thursday, Sept. 19 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at
the Morris Creek Watershed Association’s building in Montgomery. The event is
sponsored by the WVDEP’s Project WET and the Morris Creek Watershed
Association.
·
Wyoming County
Water Festival: Thursday Sept. 19 from 9:15 a.m. to 1:10 p.m. at RD Bailey Lake
in Wyoming County. This event is sponsored by the WVDEP and WVU-Wyoming County
Extension Office.
Students will learn about stormwater and
nonpoint source pollution, the water cycle, healthy drinking habits, water
conservation, water safety and the aquatic life in the streams and rivers, as
well as water chemistry and monitoring, and the effects acid rain and acid mine
drainage.
Presenters include the WVDEP’s Youth
Environmental Program, Save Our Streams program, Division of Air Quality,
Watershed Improvement and Assessment Branches, Morris Creek Watershed
Association, West Virginia American Water, the National Park Service, WVU
Extension agents, National Coal Heritage Area, West Virginia State University,
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the state Division of Forestry, and Southern
West Virginia Community and Technical College.
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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