Enrollment is open for water issues group...

Enrollment is open for water issues group

Area residents can learn more about local, regional and statewide

water issues during a free program at the Mesa Consolidated Water

District next month.

Enrollment is now open for the award-winning Water Issues Study

Group, in which participants will spend six months studying topics

such as ground water supplies, water quality, reclaimed water, import

water, and Mesa’s long range plan to provide water to the community,

district officials said.

The classes run from January to June, meeting every third

Wednesday of the month for 90 minutes. The first class is at 7:30

p.m. Jan. 21 at the district’s office, at 1965 Placentia Ave. in

Costa Mesa.

For more information, call the district at (949) 631-1205 or visit

the Web site at https://www.mesawater.org.

County to offer students environmental courses

County officials are looking for dedicated volunteers to

participate in fun environmental courses designed to teach elementary

children about water and its relationship with living creatures.

Groundwater Guardians, a division of the Orange County Water

District, will present the nation’s largest Children’s Water

Educational Festival on May 11 and 12 at Hidden Valley Park in

Irvine. There, children will learn about the interdependence of

water, soil, plants, trees, animals and humans, officials said.

Last year, the event brought in almost 7,000 students, parents and

teachers from all over the county. This year, more than 5,000

participants have registered, and the Groundwater Guardians need

help.

They are looking for volunteers to staff activity booths, assist

with registration and provide general information to participants.

Festival organizers could also use donated items such as plastic

cups, straws, napkins, ice cream and squirt guns.

Other sponsorship opportunities are available, such as funding a

bus for a school’s transportation or providing lunches. Donations are

all tax deductible through the National Water Research Institute.

For more information, call Rebecca Long at (714) 378-3362.