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Students from the Dual Immersion Academy and Clifton Elementary are showered by the City of Fruita’s “Waste Water Terminator.”
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A representative from Ute Water shows Appleton Elementary fifth graders how to pan for gold.
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Caitlin Charlesworth, fifth grader from Taylor Elementary in Palisade, gets engulfed by a bubble at the 16th annual Ute Water Festival held Monday and Tuesday at Mesa State College.
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Fifth graders from Nisley Elementary get a lesson on stormwater control on oil and gas well pads from a representative from Williams.
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Pomona fifth graders Jenna Kretschman, Darren Tucker and Amy Bergen build dams in the sand, a lesson put on by Kleinfelder, an engineering firm that designs levees and dams.
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Appleton Elementary fifth graders get wait for the tag during a “sewer hero” obstacle course relay race hosted by the City of Grand Junction.
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Fifth graders from Parachute to Loma earned respite from class, and the scorching heat, at the 16th annual Children’s Water Festival.
Held at Mesa State College, the two-day event is the largest water festival in Colorado, according Joe Burtard, spokesman for Ute Water, the company that organizes the event.
Several companies and organizations — 56 this year — from all over Colorado descend on Grand Junction to educate students on the many facets of water — from water conservation to water rights, water safety to water species.
The festival has come to be an annual rite of passage for all outgoing fifth graders in the valley.
“Each presentation is structured to the fifth grade learning level,” with the festival hoping to achieve three objectives, Burtard said:
• Teach kids about the different aspects of water;
• Give kids their first opportunity to be on a college campus and promote higher education;
• And, to introduce water-related career opportunities.
It’s a big production for Ute Water — “six months of planning” — and one they couldn’t do without the 260 volunteers and generous underwriters and sponsors such as Alpine Bank, Xcel Energy, Home Loan, to name a few.
Burtard expected 1,800 fifth graders to pass through the event Monday and Tuesday.
Reach Tracy Dvorak at tdvorak@gjfreepress.com.
Held at Mesa State College, the two-day event is the largest water festival in Colorado, according Joe Burtard, spokesman for Ute Water, the company that organizes the event.
Several companies and organizations — 56 this year — from all over Colorado descend on Grand Junction to educate students on the many facets of water — from water conservation to water rights, water safety to water species.
The festival has come to be an annual rite of passage for all outgoing fifth graders in the valley.
“Each presentation is structured to the fifth grade learning level,” with the festival hoping to achieve three objectives, Burtard said:
• Teach kids about the different aspects of water;
• Give kids their first opportunity to be on a college campus and promote higher education;
• And, to introduce water-related career opportunities.
It’s a big production for Ute Water — “six months of planning” — and one they couldn’t do without the 260 volunteers and generous underwriters and sponsors such as Alpine Bank, Xcel Energy, Home Loan, to name a few.
Burtard expected 1,800 fifth graders to pass through the event Monday and Tuesday.
Reach Tracy Dvorak at tdvorak@gjfreepress.com.
