Worldwide Water Education

Educate. Empower. Act. The mission of Project WET is to reach children, parents, educators and communities of the world with water education. We invite you to join us in educating children about the most precious resource on the planet — water.

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Water Quality (Healthy Water, Healthy People)

Water Quality (Healthy Water, Healthy People)

Educators Guides

Healthy Water, Healthy People Water Quality Educators Guide

Healthy Water, Healthy People Field Monitoring Guide

Kids in Discovery series (KIDs) Activity Booklets

Healthy Water, Healthy People

Testing Kits

Watershed Kit

Training

Healthy Water, Healthy People provides customized water-quality training opportunities for:

  • educators.
  • corporations.
  • communities.
  • government agencies.
  • educational conferences.
  • non-governmental organizations.

Contact the Project WET coordinator in your area or the Project WET Foundation to learn about training workshops for these publications.

About the Program

During development of the Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide, water quality was identified as a priority topic.  The need to make the complex topic of water quality meaningful and relevant became increasingly apparent as Project WET interacted with:

  • water-quality monitoring groups.
  • water and wastewater treatment operators.
  • engineers Water managers.
  • educators. 

During this time, the Hach Scientific Foundation, an organization dedicated to fostering and supporting science and science education, expressed interest in supporting a legacy project that would bridge classroom understanding of water quality and field experiences.

The program, entitled Healthy Water, Healthy People, was launched in 2000 to promote stewardship of water resources by teaching educators and students about the relationship between water quality and human and environmental health.

Targeting teachers and students in grades six through 12, the Healthy Water, Healthy People program:

  • uses innovative, interactive activities and materials.
  • demonstrates critical water quality topics in simple, understandable ways.

In Spanish

In 2005, the Healthy Water, Healthy People Water Quality Educators Guide and Field Monitoring Guide were translated into Spanish and printed by Project WET’s Mexico partner, the Mexican Institute of Water Technology (IMTA).  These Guides are being used to develop an extensive water-quality educator network in Mexico.