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The Drinking Water & Human Health issues that Arizona Extension Faculty and Staff are addressing include:

bulletGroundwater Quality
bulletPrivate-Well Monitoring
bulletPharmaceuticals
(in groundwater)
bulletQuality of Groundwater Recharge
bulletCommunity Wastewater Effluent
bulletSeptic Systems/Transfer Inspection Program

Program Planning
This page describes the strategic-planning components for the Drinking Water & Human Health theme.
Water Education for Teachers logo Arizona Project WET
Project WET is an interdisciplinary, supplementary water education program for Arizona educators. WET provides teaching aids for kindergarteners through 12th graders. Information about the Nonpoint Source Water Pollution Curriculum for grades 9-12 is also available on the site.
UA Onsite Wastewater Education Program & Training Facility
This site describes the University of Arizona Onsite Wastewater Education Program and Training Facility. It includes a situation statement for onsite education needs in Arizona, program-planning information, a description of the Training Facility, workshop schedule, and useful websites.
Educational Resources - Safe Drinking Water & Onsite Wastewater Education
These pages list, by educational material type, the educational resources available through the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension to support the Drinking Water & Human Health theme. Educational materials include fact sheets, idea booklets for hands-on activities, tabletop displays, equipment & test kits, slide presentations, and PowerPoint presentations.
Youth activity pages
These activities were developed to make learning and demonstrating water resource concepts exciting and fun!  They can be adapted for elementary and secondary students, both in and out of the classroom.  All the activities are hands-on and most are low cost or no cost.  Each activity has a one-sentence purpose, background for the educator, list of materials, step-by-step procedure, and extensions.
Other resources
This page provides links to other sources of information.
 

Website is maintained by: Dr. Kitt Farrell-Poe
Site last updated: 03-Feb-2004

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