Current and archival photographs clearly illustrate the natural and man-made features. A wooden replica of a ship's wheel demonstrates the water cycle. You can even examine museum specimens through touch and smell. Ripple Effects is adjacent to the Discovery Room on the second floor at the Peabody Museum. RWA provides drinking water from a network of reservoirs and wells that are replenished from area watersheds and aquifers.
Human activity can pollute drinking supplies even miles from the water source.
To maintain water quality, the RWA conducts a variety of ongoing Source Water Protection Programs. Peabody Museum Director Richard Burger with Regional Water Authority President John Crawford at the opening reception. Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. All rights reserved.