Kern County Water Agency

For over 20 years, the Kern County Water Agency (Agency) has educated local students about Kern County’s (local and state) water supplies and the importance of water and its conservation. Each year, thousands of students in kindergarten through twelfth grade learn about water treatment, water supply, groundwater and how water is used to grow food and fiber.

The Agency’s Water Education Program is designed to support your classroom curriculum and align with the current California Content Standards.

All programs are offered free of charge to all public and private schools in Kern County.

The Agency is proud to be a facilitator of Project WET (Water Education for Teachers). Project WET is environmental education that promotes the awareness, appreciation, knowledge and stewardship of water resources. Each year the Agency holds a free Project WET workshop and practicum for Kern County first through twelfth grade teachers.

The Agency’s kindergarten through sixth grade program has been designed as a comprehensive approach to water education. The program focuses on active learning to engage students at all learning levels.

The Agency is pleased to offer assemblies and materials free of charge for use in Kern County classrooms.

This 60-minute "Project WET" activity is conducted by Agency staff in the fifth grade classroom.

As part of the Agency’s commitment to further students' knowledge about local water, schools that book an assembly will receive three water education videos and coordinating lesson plans.

Each year the Agency sponsors a poster contest for Kern County students in the first through sixth grades. The contest gives young artists the opportunity to express the role they can play in water conservation.

WebQuests are designed specifically for students in the third and fifth grades. Using the internet, students are able to explore the world of water.

The Agency offers two science units for the seventh through twelfth grades to help students fully understand the complexities of water and water conservation.

After Jim Costa left the California State Senate in 2002, the Agency honored him by instituting a scholarship program for students in a course of study related to water resources.