Water Festival Schools

The 2020 Rouge River Water Festival is in the planning stages for schools from all 48 communities of the Rouge River Watershed in Wayne, Oakland, and Washtenaw Counties. Each class will attend four, 25-minute presentations on the watershed at locations around the University campus. These presentations are designed to correlate with fifth-grade science education standards.

School registrations will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis. After registration is full, schools will be put on a waitlist and notified of any cancellations.

Registration to open in spring of 2020!

Preparations are underway for the 2021 Rouge River Water Festival and open to schools from all 48 communities of the Rouge River Watershed in Wayne, Oakland, and Washtenaw Counties. Each class will attend four, 25-minute presentations related to water issues at locations around the University campus. These presentations are designed to correlate with fifth-grade science education standards.

If you have any additional questions about the Rouge River Water Festival, contact Water Festival Coordination at 313-593-5354 or by email at waterfestival@umich.edu.

Due to the quickly developing situation with the COVID-19 situation registration for the 2021 Water Festival has been postponed.  The situation will be reviewed on an on-going basis and announcements will be posted here and sent out via email.