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The Western Colorado Children’s Water Festival has grown to be recognized as the largest of its kind in the State of Colorado. Each year, the festival brings fifth graders together from across the Grand Valley of Grand Junction, to educate and expose them to a broad range of water-related topics and to demonstrate the vital significance of water to life, and more specifically, to life in Colorado through interactive, hands-on learning (Western Colorado Water Festival, 2023).
Festival organizers work closely with school districts, private schools, and home schools to match the festival experience with their water curriculum.
In the past, key festival presentations have oriented students to water-related career opportunities, water rights, water in the human body, water conservation, water pollution, water safety, water species, water treatment, water’s impact on Colorado industries, and much more.