A Massachusetts Agency Takes Education to the Treatment Plant

A unique learning experience takes Springfield fifth graders out of the classroom and into the wastewater treatment plant.

A Massachusetts Agency Takes Education to the Treatment Plant

A guided tour of the facility emphasizes the technologies used to treat wastewater. The group visits process steps to see practical applications of science and technology at work.

For 15 years the Springfield (Massachusetts) Water and Sewer Commission has hosted fifth-graders from the Springfield Public Schools at the wastewater treatment plant to teach them firsthand about the water cycle and how wastewater fits.

The program, “A Day at Bondi’s...

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