Education

Celebrate your local, fresh drinking water
during Drinking Water Week, May 6-12, 2018

This year we are partnering with the Mecklenburg County Health Department to encourage people to drink more water. Visit I Heart Water NC  for more information

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Did you know? Charlotte Water…

• Supplies, on average, more than 107 million gallons of drinking water to approximately 1 million people each day
• Maintains more than 8,600 miles of water mains and sewer mains
• Reads meters and manages more than 285,000 customer accounts each month
• Performs more than 200,000 laboratory analyses each year related to water quality

Did you know?

• Tap water provides us with a low-cost way to stay hydrated, public health and fire protection, and nearly every product we use every day?

• Because of tap water, we stay hydrated, healthy and happy.

The more you know about your H₂O, the more there is to love!​
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​Drinking Water Week Events

Open Streets 704 – 1 – 5 p.m., Sunday, April 29

Come play with Charlotte Water at Open Streets 704! We'll have our Water Wagon at the event, so stop by to enjoy cold, fresh Charlotte water. Meet our employees and learn more about the department that provides clean safe drinking water to everyone in Mecklenburg County. 

Try a Taste at Trade & Tryon – 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Wednesday, May 9, Uptown Charlotte

Take a break from work and try cold, fresh Charlotte water. Our Water Wagon will be at the square – Trade and Tryon – with information about your drinking water and fun takeaways.         

Discovery Place Science Takeover – 9 a.m. – 5 p.m, Saturday, May 12, 301 N Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28202

Charlotte Water staff are taking over Discovery Place Science. We will have hands-on activities, crafts and water experiments. Come and drive the CCTV into a simulated sewer, try your hand at putting together a meter, put on a lab coat and prepare slides for water experiments and much more! 

Engineering Excitement – 9 a.m. – noon, Saturday, May 12, 301 N Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28202

Elementary and middle school students and teams will put their engineering skills and imaginations to the test during the fourth annual North Carolina Section of the American Water Works Association/ Water Environment Federation Model Water Tower Competition. First place wins $300, but the registration deadline is May 1. (Insert link to blog with flyer and link to registration)