PALO ALTO REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL PLANT WATER EDUCATION PROGRAMS

The Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant provides wastewater services for East Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View, Palo Alto, and Stanford.

We offer FREE in-class environmental education programs in these communities to public and private schools, and others providing services for school age children. For more information or to schedule an interactive presentation contact School Outreach Coordinators Jan Raissle at 408-309-6961 or Susanne Mulcahy at 408-781-4824, or by e-mail at CleanBayEducation@yahoo.com .

Or, call Margaret Adkins at the Plant at 650-329-2958.

Check out our website for other available programs: www.CityofPaloAlto.org/cleanbay/school.html.

Our lively, participatory programs include:

DOWN THE DRAIN! WHERE WASTEWATER GOES (Grades 2-3)
Students explore the urban impact on the natural water cycle including wastewater treatment and the storm water system.

MERCURY: PAST AND PRESENT (Grade 4)
Students travel through time, discovering how mercury has been mined and used in northern California since the time of the Gold Rush. By understanding bioaccumulation and the food chain, they will look at how this toxic metal is transferred throughout ecosystems, including that of San Francisco Bay.

OUR ENVIRONMENT UP CLOSE (Grades 3-6)
Through the use of the spectacular EnviroScape model, students become detectives searching for pollution in our environment. They will learn the
sources of common pollutants, how and where these travel, and their impact on our environment.

MICROBES IN SEWAGE (Grades 6-8)
Students jump into the miniature world of microbes, investigating under the microscope the amazing microbes that are used to clean wastewater.

SEWER SCIENCE LAB (Grades 9-12)

This is a five-day wastewater treatment lab that simulates the treatment of wastewater using physical, biological and chemical steps to clean the water.