18th Annual Tompkins County Drinking Water Week
and Water Taste Test
Water
Week Events
May 6, 2012
The Tompkins County Division of Environmental Health and The City of Ithaca Water Treatment Plant will be hosting the National Drinking Water Week events!
When: Sunday,
May 6th from 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Where: Ithaca Farmer’s Market
(3rd St. at Steamboat Landing, Ithaca).
If your goal is to stop drinking store-bought water from a bottle you can't reuse, then you need to know which local water tastes best! Come participate in our water tasting test, find out which water you like best, and cast your vote! We use environmentally friendly compostable cups for this tasting.
Participating water treatment plants:
• City of Ithaca
• Bolton Point
• Cornell
• Trumansburg
• Groton
• Dryden
• Newfield
Press Release for this year: Click Here
Results from this year and previous years: Click Here
The Wonder of Water
The permanently adopted theme for National drinking Water
Week is “The Wonder of Water”. Throughout the
day, local governments, citizen organizations, and non-profits
will be providing water taste tests, demonstrations of specialized
monitoring and inspection equipment, models of groundwater movement
and surface water runoff, educational computer games for children,
hands-on displays, and lots of water related information. For
more detailed and updated information, please visit www.cayugalake.org and www.ithacamarket.com.
Get to know Cayuga Lake!
The Cayuga Lake Floating Classroom and Tiohero Tours will offer all-ages cruises throughout the day aboard the MV Haendel. One-hour narrated cruises, focusing on the health and natural history of Cayuga Lake will depart at 11:00 and 12:30 p.m. from the Farmers’ Market dock. A 2-hour “Floating Classroom-style” eco-cruise will depart at 2:30, with a focus on Hydrillla and other activities suitable for both youth and adults.
“Community Access” coupons, which are offered to ensure that Floating Classroom programs are affordable for everyone in our community, will be available dock side upon request, or in advance at GIAC, Southside Community Center and other locations. The coupons will be applicable for any of the day’s cruises. Those interested can contact Tiohero Tours in advance, at 607-697-0166, or info@tioherotours.com. Additional information may be found at floatingclassroom.blogspot.com.
Water Plant Tours all week
To complement Water Week events, tours can be scheduled for
May 6–13, 2012 with the these treatment plants:
Bolton
Point Water System (277-0660),
City
of Ithaca Drinking Water Plant (273-4680),
Cornell Drinking
Water Plant (255-3381),
Ithaca
Area Waste Water Treatment Facility (273-8381),
Cayuga
Heights Sewage Treatment Plant (273-4461).
Please call to
make arrangements.
Need more info?
For additional information please call Chris or Kristee at the
Tompkins County Health Department, Environmental Health Division,
607-274-6688.
For results of last year's taste test click
here.
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