About the Water Conservation School Program
The need for educating our children about the importance of water conservation — and, just as important, showing them specific ways to conserve — is a critical component to ensuring our future water supply. The school program provides teachers with educational materials to teach students about Texas water, while empowering them through hands-on activities that save water and help prevent land subsidence.
Since 1994, the Fort Bend Subsidence District has partnered with local cities, regional water authorities, municipal utility districts (MUDs) and other water industry professionals to bring the school program, a specially tailored version of the national WaterWise Program’s innovative classroom experience, to our local schools, reaching well over 6,500 third, fourth, fifth and sixth grade students annually.
Sponsors
Your sponsorship will provide the water conservation school program to students in Fort Bend County and earn you groundwater credits in the process.
If you’re an individual, business, city, MUD, industry, or water industry professional interested in ensuring the availability of our current and future freshwater supply, you’re in the right place. Partnering with FBSD and the award-winning Water Conservation School Program will not only provide students and teachers with the educational materials they need, but also will allow your organization to directly impact the preservation of freshwater sources in our area.
Interlocal agreements for cities and MUDs are sent out to participants in the summer. Please contact District staff if you would like establish an interlocal agreement for participation in the program.
- If you are an individual or business interested in sponsoring, please submit a sponsorship form.
- If you are a MUD or Water Provider interested in interlocal agreements, please email our Water Conservation Program.
Educators
The water conservation school program provides teachers, students, and parents the opportunity to explore water and how to conserve this precious resource in Texas homes. In this program, students learn about the exciting world of water in addition to valuable ways to save water and money through in-class education and a take-home kit full of water-efficient products.
This school program is not only fun, results-driven, and streamlined, but also flexible — a program that has, over the years, evolved to incorporate teacher-requested elements and TEKS alignments.
We understand the stressors that teachers face today — the pressures of STARR/TEKS, limited class time for in depth projects – all reasons we chose this program. Waterwise addresses these issues and plans their curriculum accordingly.