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Southern Maine Children's Water Festival
This one-day event occurs annually each May, drawing about 700 students from all over Southern Maine to learn
all about water. Fourth, fifth, and sixth
grade students from York, Cumberland, Androscoggin, Oxford, Franklin, Sagadahoc,
Lincoln, and Kennebec counties are eligible to attend. Click
here for a brochure with
information about Maine's Water Festivals.
This year's festival will be held on Friday, May 18, 2012 at the
University of Southern Maine's Portland campus. Application information
was sent mid-December via email. If you would like
to receive application information but have not by early January, please
contact
Sarah Plummer. Visit the
Maine DEP website
for additional information.
Students will attend
classroom presentations, a stage show performed by
Ferry
Beach Ecology School, "Dripial Pursuit" competitions, and
tour many exhibits in the exhibit hall.
Click
here to see photos of
past Festivals!
The annual Droplets
publication is sent to all Festival attendees prior to the event.
Droplets provides an overview of the Festival, as well as
some activities and articles to prepare students for the day.
Click on the image below to view a sample edition.
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The Southern Maine Children's Water Festival would not have been possible without the
generous support of its sponsors.
Logos and links are provided for major sponsors that donated $750 or more for
the 2011 Festival.
Aqua Maine ~
Barton & Gingold ~ Biddeford-Saco Water District ~ CA White &
Associates
Compliance Designs ~ Drumlin Environmental, LLC ~ East Coast
Explorations ~ Fryeburg Water Company
Hegarty Plumbing ~ Image Inc. Poland Spring Resort ~
Jordan Excavation ~ Luetje Geological Services, LLC McDonald
Morrissey Associates, Inc. ~ Portland Plastic Pipe ~ Portland Water
District ~ PRC Industrial Supply
RJ Grondin & Sons, Inc. ~ Sackett & Brake Survey, Inc. ~ Shaw
Brothers
Summit Engineering & Consulting LLC ~ Titcomb Associates ~
Webber Energy Fuels
Wright Pierce Engineering ~
Yarmouth Water District
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