Following New York City’s water

Posted on June 25, 2007 | Filed Under Events, Northeast, Outreach 

ChesleaChelsea Lane-Miller, Associate Director of Outreach
Outreach Events and Activities

Dscn0006Ever wondered where the water that flows out of your tap comes from? Twelve students in New York are about to find out exactly that. They’re going to take a three week journey that parallels the journey of New York City’s water.

The event, called Mountaintop to Tap organized by the Stroud Water Research Center, runs from July 7-28. During this time, the students will travel from the Catskill Mountains to New York City. Along the journey, students will measure water quality (how clean the streams are), talk with public officials, and even host press conferences to share their findings with the public. Sounds like a pretty cool adventure, and makes me wonder what path the water takes to get to my tap in Washington, DC.

Do you know where your water comes from?

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3 Responses to “Following New York City’s water”

  1. Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers… — John Lubbock : American Rivers Blog on June 27th, 2007 10:57 pm

    [...] * What better way to learn about your community’s tap water than to go to the source? Twelve students are about to take a three-week journey along the path of NYC’s water — from the Catskill Mountains to the city. Read more [...]

  2. Where does your water come from? : American Rivers Blog on July 11th, 2007 4:05 pm

    [...] a week ago, I wrote about some kids who are following the path of New York City’s water from the source to the tap. It got me wondering where my water comes from here in Washington, DC. [...]

  3. A long month’s swim : American Rivers Blog on July 27th, 2007 11:29 am

    [...] about rivers are pretty neat. I wrote earlier about a group of highschool students following the path of New York City’s water from start to finish. And I’ve heard about a trip down the Green and Colorado rivers, which I [...]

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