Where our water comes from: Charlottetown tour explains process of getting water from tap

Charlottetown residents and visitors will have a new way to learn where the city's drinking water comes from.

There will be five information stations set up around the city to that explain the process of getting the water to city taps.

A team of 10people are putting the project together, including Ben Grieder. Theycame up with the idea at a "Waterlution" Great Water Challenge workshop in March, andwon a Charlottetown micro-grant to help launch the tour.

"You can learn more about specific water topics, such as watersheds, how water is treated, how water goes through a city, municipal system and out into the sewage system and then out into the water," he said.

"Let people know exactly how they get the water that's in their cup that they're about to drink, where that water actually comes from."

Five stations

Each stationwill have multimedia content as well that can be looked at on a cell phone when people are nearby.

The team had the help of about 20 other people acting as consultants on the project including representatives from watershed groups, city staff andartists.

There will betwo stations near the old train station in Charlottetown along the Confederation Trail, two in Victoria Park and one by the wastewater treatment plant.

"One hundred per cent of P.E.I.'s water, drinking water, comes from the ground, from ground water," said Grieder.

"We don't rely on lakes, we don't have large enough rivers. We have to be careful that we use the water that we have in a way that we're not endangering future generations."

Griedersaid the project will launch before the end of June, and maps will be available at city hall.

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