Article written by Isabelle Côté, Communications and Public Relations Project Manager, C.I.EAU
On Monday February 06, several members of the museum’s staff visited the Chomedey drinking water station to experience the station tours. This emblematic C.I.EAU activity gives everyone an insight into the fascinating world of water stations.
The staff members present thoroughly enjoyed the tour of the Chomedey station. The tour was led by their experienced colleague, a science popularizer. This activity was an opportunity to learn more about the importance of water-related professions and processes.
A field you need to know
The Centre’s new employees are invited to grasp the reality that surrounds them by discovering the steps involved in treating drinking water and the issues that threaten the resource. Water-related knowledge helps raise awareness so that water can be better protected and preserved. For workers and players in the water sector, the visits are an opportunity to prioritize developments in the industry and to remind them of the raison d’être of the water professions.
Expertise developed by the Water Interpretation Centre
Plant tours are developed and offered by C.I.EAU to promote public awareness. C.I.EAU’s water and wastewater plantscenarios for municipalities include meticulous scientific outreach work carried out in collaboration with engineers and technologists who are experts in these fields.
Interpretive panels for the Chomedey station were produced by our organization and launched in 2018. To date, C.I.EAU has worked with factories in Laval, Quebec City, Trois-Rivières and Gatineau. The organization continues to develop its offering with face-to-face, virtual, micro (adapted to small municipalities) and technical (to showcase a specific technology or process) scenarios.
Our organization also addresses the subject of water stations in itseducational offering. These include scientific animations on water treatment and distribution processes.
Station tours for the general public will be announced on our networks as soon as they become available again.
Scriptwriting to raise public awareness
C.I.EAU will present a workshop on citizen awareness as part of the 15th edition ofAmericana, organized by Réseau Environnement, on March 22, 2023. Participants will discover how water and its management is becoming everyone’s business in a context where environmental and societal disruptions are greatly affecting blue gold.