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Project WET (Water Education for Teachers)

Public Outreach and Assistance Division

Philip Osborne, Ecologist - (501) 682-0024

Barbara Miller, Ecologist - (501) 683-5407

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Project Wet

Since 1984, Project WET, an award-winning 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, has dedicated itself to the mission of reaching children, parents, teachers and community members of the world with water education. Project WET achieves its mission of worldwide water education by:

Project WET publications, training workshops, global network and community events are grounded in Project WET’s core beliefs.

  • Water connects us all: Water moves through living and nonliving systems and binds them together in a complex web of life.
  • Water for all water users: Water of sufficient quality and quantity is vital for all water users (energy producers, farmers and ranchers, fish and wildlife, manufacturers, recreationists, rural and urban dwellers).
  • Managing water sustainably: Water resources management is crucial for providing tomorrow’s children with social and economic stability in a healthy and sustainable environment.
  • Personal responsibility for water resources: Awareness of and respect for water resources can encourage a personal, lifelong commitment of responsibility and positive community participation.

Project WET’s experience has allowed it to evolve, from providing awareness of water resources to empowering students to take action in their communities to help solve local water-resource issues (ActionEducation™).

These ActionEducation projects contribute to a healthier local environment and economy. On a worldwide scale, Project WET helps students recognize the relationship between the availability of clean water and global stability.

Project WET is active in more than 50 countries on five continents. Its materials have been translated into numerous languages, including:

  • Japanese.
  • Hungarian.
  • Spanish.
  • French.
  • Arabic.
  • Italian.
  • Vietnamese.
  • Portuguese.
  • Dari.
  • Kiswahili.

Students, teachers, community and business leaders of diverse cultures, often with different learning styles, use Project WET. Tested with thousands worldwide, Project WET materials have proven successful because they are:

  • interactive.
  • multisensory.
  • adaptable.
  • contemporary (teaching 21st century skills).
  • relevant.
  • solution-oriented (ActionEducation™).
  • accurate.
  • science-based.
  • measurable.

Project WET works with and relies upon the expertise of an incredible network of partners. Project WET has completed projects for many organizations, including:

Project WET coordinators are funded by agencies, universities, non-government organizations, utilities and museums to conduct Project WET within their community, region, state or country.

To receive information about the Project WET program in Arkansas, contact the Project WET Coordinator for Arkansas:

Project WET Coordinator
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
5301 Northshore Drive
North Little Rock, AR 72118-5317
E-mail: projectwet@adeq.state.ar.us
Phone: (501) 682-0024

National Project WET Workshops

  • Persons wishing to attended a workshop must notify the contact person at least one week prior to the workshop.
  • Available space for a workshop is on a first come, first serve basis.
  • Workshops may be cancelled if less than 15 participants sign up.

Click the following link to view upcoming workshops in Arkansas:

To Schedule a workshop for 15 or more participants contact:

  * Project WILD is hosted by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Pat Knighten Coordinator, (870) 917-2085
** Project Learning Tree is hosted by the Arkansas Forestry Association, Rob Beadel Coordinator, (501) 374-2441