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Local students learn about Fernie watershed
Local Grade 8 students toured the City of Fernie Fairy Creek Water Catchment and Reservoir, Main Sewage Lift Station and Sewage Lagoons on October 1 as part of the Elk River Alliance Know Your Watershed program.
Students had an opportunity to ask questions and learn about water quality, storage capacity in our reservoir, daily water consumption, wastewater treatment, and stormwater management systems such as retention ponds and the 9th Avenue bioswale. At the sewage lagoons they learned that 4,000 cu.m. per day of wastewater enters the lagoons and is processed through an aeration and exfiltration to ground system and what that costs our community.
Terry Nelson, Senior Engineering Technician hosted the tour and stated, “The students are very bright and keen to learn about our infrastructure and utility operations. Helping them develop an understanding of the connections between people, water, wastewater and protecting our watershed is a significant goal of the program.”
Mayor Mary Giuliano added, “The city is happy to support these initiatives to inform our young citizens of the importance of our watershed.”
The Know Your Watershed program is funded by the Columbia Basin Trust and delivered by Wildsight.
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