Residents Invited To Get Feet Wet At Manatee Water School

MANATEE COUNTY, FL -- Manatee County residents are invited to attend the 2018 water school to learn all about the county's most precious natural resource.

The University of Florida/IFAS Extension Manatee County Water School will host water school July 26 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and July 27 from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

"Water school features a variety of dynamic speakers and a bus tour visiting a local water-wise community and farming operation," said Crystal Snodgrass, director of the University's Extension Office in Manatee County. "For the first time this year, the tour includes a pontoon boat tour of the Manatee River."

Participants will learn how Manatee County supplies 39.6 million gallons of water each day to nearly 350,000 residential customers and how Lake Manatee supplements the county's water supply, holding 5.9 billion gallons of water.

Other topics include development with water in mind, working waterfronts and seafood, agricultural best management practices and more.

Hosted by the University of Florida/IFAS Extension Manatee County and sponsored by the Southwest Florida Water Management District, this program allows residents to meet the experts, and ask questions.

Registration is $60 per person and includes includes two lunches and snacks, the bus trip, boat tour and educational materials. Participants can register online, For more information, call Snodgrass at (941) 722-4524, ext. 1812.

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