Bethpage Water District Superintendent Michael Boufis recently visited Bethpage School District elementary schools, Charles Campagne Elementary School, Central Boulevard Elementary School and Kramer Lane Elementary School, to teach students facts about their drinking water. He conducted a presentation that included the molecular make-up of water, the water cycle and water quality.
“You are never too young to begin learning about your water supply,” said Bethpage Water District Superintendent Michael Boufis. “It is our responsibility to help the youth understand where their water comes from so they know how to maintain it and become committed safeguarding it for the future. The health and safety of our drinking water will be in their hands someday soon.”
The students learned about groundwater systems, filtration, water quality concerns and the Bethpage Water District’s role in protecting and providing water to the Bethpage community on a daily basis. Superintendent Boufis introduced the new technologies that are removing any contamination from the water supply and allowed students to touch and observe carbon and air-stripping tower media used in the water filtration processes. Students were also given a chance to interact with fossils and samples from Long Island’s aquifers—the source of Long Island’s water supply.
For more information, please contact the Bethpage Water District at (516) 931-0093, log onto http://www.bethpagewater.com, or the district’s Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/BethpageWaterDistrict.