YMCA CLASSES

Renewable Water Resources (ReWa) is currently partnering with the YMCA of Greenville to provide educational classes for after-school daycare kids to learn more about our environment and the wastewater treatment process. The classes are held each month and include a variety of lessons for children ages 4-14 years old. Check out our most recent lessons below.

Lesson 3

ReWa's public education programs help teach the community about "Going Green" to protect our environment, but some may ask, what does "Going Green" mean? If you look, you'll find the color green in our environment a lot...in grass, trees and flowers, for instance. People associate green with the environment and with doing things to protect the environment. Being "green" is to choose lifestyles and activities that benefit and preserve the environment, such as recycling, carpooling or cutting back on water usage. So when someone is "Going Green" you know they have decided to make good choices for our environment and try to save our natural resources.

       

Lesson 2

ReWa's Grease Inspector Kim McDonald and mascot Freshwater Freddie help teach kids about the environmental hazards of pouring Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG) down the drain. As FOG from households and businesses passes through the sewer system, it sticks to the inside of sewer lines. Over time, grease builds up and blocks pipes, which can cause overflows and backups. ReWa offers a "Grease-Be-Gone" can, complete with a plastic liner to help promote the proper disposal of FOG to families.

       

Lesson 1

ReWa uses a primarily biological process, which means the treatment uses organic materials instead of chemicals to clean the water. In fact, "good" bacteria are used to eat the "bad" bacteria that exist in the water after we use it. Kids were able to use microscopes to view the different kinds of "good" and "bad" bacteria that ReWa deals with and then each kid drew their best interpretation. See our top ten drawing winners below: