November 13, 2015 | SharkAdmin [image 1]About 30 juniors and seniors came to Northwest Vista College on Nov. 7 to take samples of the college’s lake to learn how to make recycled water into drinkable water. This project is a part of SAWS’s “Impact Teams” program that gives students water-related, service learning projects. This is the second year that the high school students participating in the career track portion of the SAWS Impact program came out to NVC. NVC offers an associate degree and certificate in Advanced Water Treatment. Many graduates from the NVC program make more than the average wage, working in water-treatment facilities. [image 2]Dr. Howard Marquise, NVC's AWT program coordinator, said the college's partnership with SAWS will not only show students NVC's beautiful campus, but will introduce them what the college has to offer. “The high school students will see first hand the state-of-the-art laboratories and equipment that are part of NVC's AWT program,” Howard added. “They will also recognize that it is the same equipment used at SAWS facilities.” The students will use the AWT labs to learn how to turn the recyclable lake water into drinking water, and later present their projects at a conference in February.
