Endress+Hauser recently inaugurated its Design and Innovation Studio — a center equipped with Industry 4.0 technology and STEM-learning opportunities for students in...
Entries Tagged Public Education
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Wendy’s Wonderful Water Journey
DC Water’s new children’s book takes Wendy the Water Drop on a wonderful journey from the drain to the wastewater treatment plant. The 32-page...
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Flagship Innovation Contest Draws Students From 47 Countries to Solve Water Challenges
Xylem, a leading water technology company, is investing in the future of the global water industry with a new dedicated student development program...
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How Do You Teach Little Kids About Water? Let Creative Characters Do Much of the Talking
A few years ago, the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District learned that grades K-2 in its region were underserved in wastewater science and...
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Fort Collins Utilities Holds its Annual Water Festival Virtually in COVID Time
This year for the first time in 30 years, the Fort Collins Utilities annual water festival was held virtually due to COVID-19.
“Because it...
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Maile Lono-Batura Brings a Wealth of Experience and Keen Insight to Communication About Biosolids
For many years biosolids have been a key point of focus for the Water Environment Federation. Now the federation is looking to...
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José Moreno Has Achieved Levels of Knowledge and Licensure That Many With Advanced Degrees Would Find Daunting.
José Moreno has achieved levels of knowledge and licensure that many with advanced degrees would find daunting.
He didn’t have the opportunity to...
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A Litter-Free Coastline Is a Community Service Project and an Education for District Residents
It’s no doubt that COVID-19 has disrupted lives and brought new challenges to getting things done. That didn’t keep California’s Fairfield-Suisun Sewer...
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Jersey Water Works Releases Innovative Data Hub for Water Utilities
Water customers in New Jersey looking for information about whether their local water system contains lead service lines, meets regulations for bacteria...
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Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Festival Promotes the Water Professions
The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission’s comprehensive youth outreach program started out with career-day visits. That led to a water festival. Now multiple...
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Rockin’ the Environment
Music, videos, puppet shows and school assemblies from an Iowa university teach students about our natural resources. Water Rocks!, an educational program for K-12...
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An Island Shaped Like a School Emblem Sends a Powerful Message of Environmental Stewardship
The City of Broken Arrow partnered with high school students to build a floating wetland in the shape of the school district’s...
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An Operator's Conference Gives Participants a Test in a Highly Unconventional Skill
Through 11 years in the water industry, Jay Irby has earned five licenses. Now he can add another: poetic license.
Irby, water renewal...
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A Southwestern City Engages Its Residents in a Multimedia Artistic Presentation of the Area’s Cultural and Water-Supply Heritage
Not far from Mesa’s Northwest Water Reclamation Plant in Arizona is the 2,100-acre Riverview Park. More than 200 years ago, a series...



















