Water Resources from UGA participated in the 2021 Athens Water Festival. Members from the labs of Dr. Rebecca Abney, UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Dr. Nandita Gaur, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Crop and Soil Science Department (CRSS); Dr. Janine Sherrier, CRSS; and Dr. Gary L. HAwkins, CRSS participated in the 2021 Athens Water Festival. Members of this team as shown in the images below:

  • Played a Flushable and Non-Flushable game with kids and adults
  • Demonstrated how a septic tank and system works
  • Demonstrated how different paper products and “flushable” items breaks down while being stirred
  • Demonstrated how pollution moves in a watershed using a tabletop watershed model
  • Demonstrated how water is treated and is delivered to a home as well as showed how wastewater is collected and delivered to a wastewater treatment plant for treatment
Members from the labs of Drs. Rebecca Abney, Nandita Gaur, Janine Sherrier and Gary L. Hawkins prior to participating in the 2021 Athens Water Festival.

The Athens Water Festival is an Annual Event hosted by the Athens-Clarke County Water Department to provide some fun and education on different aspects of water.

The following is a few shots of the team members using the education displays at the water festival.

Courtney on the left demonstrating how a septic system works and Ali on the right playing the flushable and non-flushable game at the 2021 Athens Water Festival.
Jack demonstrating about point and non-point source pollution at the 2021 Athens Water Festival.