The Detroit News Chemist Joe Turek takes a water sample to measure chlorine at Detroit's northeast water plant. The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department will conduct tours of the treatment plant in May to celebrate Drinking Water Month. The Earth's drinking water supply may be running low, and the city of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department is poised to inform the public of how to save it and keep it clean.
Water is valuable.
To call attention to importance of drinking water, Detroit next month will be joining the nation in celebrating the fourth annual Drinking Water Month. The monthlong celebration will begin April 21 with a principals' breakfast at Golightly Vocational School to enlighten educators about the annual event. Tours will be conducted of its water treatment facilities. On May 18, the water department will present awards to 10 middle and high school students who presented water-related projects at the Metropolitan Detroit Science and Engineering Fair held in March. Water that is safe to drink is called potable.