Water Quality 101

Environmental Education on the Erie Canal (E3C) is a project that turns the Erie Canal in the Rochester area, often viewed only as a historical and recreational resource, into a testbed for STE2M education. The E3C project combines canal field excursions aboard the replica canal packet boat, the Sam Patch, provided by Corn Hill Navigation (CHN), with hands-on water quality and ecology lessons, provided by Delta Environmental and CHN.

Our Environmental Education Specialist is available to provide visual presentations to K-12 students in Monroe County, Genesee, and Livingston Counties, NY. Customized to your student population, we also offer supervised field trips, teacher training, professional development, and other resources to meet the needs of your school, business, or other organization.

Water pollution affects us all. Although there are no easy solutions, our hope for the future is a generation of informed and concerned citizens working together to alleviate the problem. Unfortunately, even we, as adults, don't always know how to contribute to help. One valuable contribution we can make is to guide young people as they learn what to do and determine a course of action.