This Website Functions as a Virtual Classroom for Water Education

A website first envisioned as a venue for explaining wastewater treatment to board members became a powerful medium for more comprehensive public outreach

Mar 14, 2024 | by Sandra Buettner |

Public Outreach Education/Training Colorado Wastewater Treatment

This Website Functions as a Virtual Classroom for Water Education — Muzit Kiflai poses with the Public Information and Education award Metro Water Recovery received in the e-media category from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies for the interactive website.

This Website Functions as a Virtual Classroom for Water Education — Colleen Miller, public information specialist, shares the How We Transform Wastewater website as a resource for teachers to learn more about the treatment process.

This Website Functions as a Virtual Classroom for Water Education — The How We Transform Wastewater website features an interactive graphic of Metro Water Recovery’s treatment process. Visitors can click on any part of the process to learn about it.

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The Metro Water Recovery board of directors asked for a presentation to help them better understand the wastewater treatment processes. They didn’t realize how useful it would be for larger public education efforts. The utility provides wastewater treatment services to 61 local governments, from which its board members are appointed. Its 805-square-mile territory includes 2.2 million people in Denver and parts of five Colorado counties. It treats 135 mgd of wastewater from most of metro Denver, operating the Robert W. Hite Treatment Facility and the Northern Treatment Plant.INTERACTIVE WEBSITE The board sought a way to understand how water quality improves through

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