Youth Graduate From Water Treatment Plant Summer Program

Four area youths learned professional environmental protection techniques at the Lowell, Massachusetts, Regional Wastewater Utility this summer, thanks to funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission oversees the program, using an EPA grant of $5,000.Since 1990, EPA’s Youth and the Environment Program has focused on introducing economically disadvantaged inner city youth to career opportunities in the environmental field. The program promotes environmental education and provides high school students with increased awareness of protecting the environment and water quality within their own communities. This is the 25th anniversary for this summer job skills program.At the Lowell Regional