DC Water Announces First Family Water Festival

September 07, 2016

DC Water will host its first Family Water Festival on Saturday, September 10 at the Bryant Street Pumping Station. This free, outdoor family-friendly event offers a fun learning experience for children and adults to explore a variety of water-related topics. The festival will feature interactive exhibits and hands-on games and activities to increase awareness of our water resources and promote environmental stewardship. To commemorate the near-completion of the First Street Tunnel Project, DC Water extends a special invitation to residents in the Bloomingdale and LeDroit Park neighborhoods.

WHAT: DC Water will offer a variety of interactive learning stations, exhibits and activities at the Family Water Festival. Group tours of the Bryant Street Pumping Station will also be provided during the event, which will be held rain or shine.

WHO: Bloomingdale and LeDroit Park Residents
DC Water Team Members
DC Water’s mascot, Wendy the Waterdrop
DC Parks and Recreation
DC Fire and EMS

WHERE: Bryant Street Pumping Station, 301 Bryant Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001-17018

WHEN: Saturday, September 10 from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

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