PA Environment Digest

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized three schools and an individual in the Schuylkill River Watershed this week for developing educational environmental projects that help protect drinking water.

Those receiving the Schuylkill Action Network Drinking Water Scholastic awards included:

-- Miquon School, Philadelphia School District - The Schuylkill Stories Video Contest Award;

-- Hereford Elementary School, Upper Perkiomen School District;

“Education plays an enormous part in protecting and restoring the Schuylkill Watershed,” said EPA Deputy Regional Administrator William C. Early. “Schools in the Watershed are not only educating students about pollution sources and environmental protection, they are leading by example.”

The students initiated innovative approaches to educating other students and the community about source water protection, such as creating a campus rain garden and monitoring water chemistry in streams. All of the winning projects contribute to protecting the Schuylkill River.

-- Voices of the Watershed, How We Are All Connected: A video project to show how we are all connected through water. This video was filmed, written, and illustrated by 3rd and 4th graders at The Miquon School;

-- Anya's Watershed Video: This video was created by Anya, a fifth grade student at The Miquon School. She used Scratch, a programming language for young learners from M.I.T., to tell her watershed story; and

-- This Is Our Watershed: This video was created by 5th and 6th grade students at The Miquon School.

Visit the Celebrating Schuylkill Waters webpage to see other articles and videos about the Schuylkill River and its tributaries.

The Schuylkill River and its tributaries provide drinking water to 1.5 million people who live in the 11 counties and 232 municipalities included in the watershed.

The awards are presented on behalf of the Schuylkill Action Network as part of the celebration of National Drinking Water Week, May 1-7.

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