PORTLAND, Maine – Around 700 fourth, fifth and sixth grade students and their teachers from 12 area schools will flow onto USM’S Portland Campus on Friday, May 22nd for a day of fun and interactive learning about clean water, wetland ecosystems and the importance of stewarding Maine’s most rapidly renewable resource.
The 20th annual Southern Maine Children’s Water Festival is organized through a partnership of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Kennebec Estuary Land Trust, Maine Audubon, Lake Auburn Watershed Protection Commission, Portland Water District, Poland Spring Bottling Company, Maine CDC Drinking Water Program, University of Southern Maine, and 19 other local, state and federal agencies, businesses and nonprofit organizations.
Elementary and/or middle schools from South Portland, Jay, Oxford, Georgetown, Alfred, Waterboro, Biddeford, Buxton and Old Orchard Beach will be attending.
Students will have the opportunity to participate in various activities on a number of topics including Aquatic Animals, Safe Water Recreation, Water Quality, Aquaculture, Seaweed, Bacteria Testing in Drinking Water and much more. Additional time will be provided so attendees can tour the exhibition hall, where there will be dozens of displays–including a marine tidepool touch tank.
WHO: 700 southern Maine fourth, fifth and sixth graders and their teachers and more than 100 volunteers from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Kennebec Estuary Land Trust, Maine Audubon, Lake Auburn Watershed Protection Commission, Portland Water District, Poland Spring Bottling Company, Maine CDC Drinking Water Program, University of Southern Maine, and 19 other local, state and federal agencies, businesses and nonprofit organizations.
WHAT: 20th Annual Southern Maine Children’s Water Festival
WHERE: Sullivan Gym, University of Southern Maine Portland Campus
WHEN: 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 22
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