Community Water Festival in Temecula Celebrates Natural Resource; Kicks Off Water Awareness Month.News Editors/Lifestyle Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2003 Giant Earth-Shaped Classroom, Stage Shows, Informational Booths Highlight Day-Long Event This Saturday, May 3 A classroom in a giant Earth-shaped balloon, continuous stage shows and nearly 20 informational booths and activities will help Riverside County kick off Water Awareness Month at a first-of-its-kind Community Water Festival this Saturday, May 3, at the Promenade mall in Temecula. Day-long events will teach adults and children about water conservation and the environment through interactive activities and shows located inside and outside the Promenade at 40820 Winchester Road. Sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation as well as local and regional water agencies, the free festival will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. "The Community Water Festival will bring the topic of water alive and offer an opportunity to celebrate one of our most precious natural resources," said Meena Westford of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, one of the primary festival sponsors. "During the day, you will learn where your water comes from, how it's treated and how it gets to your home," Westford said, adding that the festival's sponsoring local agencies will have 18 exhibits and booths, offering interactive activities and games for all, including prizes. A 22-foot-diameter Earth Balloon educational module, located inside the mall near Macy's, will present a unique setting for visitors to learn about subjects ranging from water conservation to ecosystems. Water- and environment-related stage shows will run continuously throughout the festival, including EarthCapades, environmental vaudeville vaudeville (vôd`vĭl), originally a light song, derived from the drinking and love songs formerly attributed to Olivier Basselin and called Vau, or Vaux, de Vire. , and Mad H2O Science Fire & Ice, offering bizarre science demonstrations and visual experiments. Children also will be able to meet Phinnious J. Frog, Fancy Fin and Drippy drip·py adj. drip·pi·er, drip·pi·est 1. Characterized by dripping; drizzly: a drippy, wet day. 2. Slang a. Tiresome or annoying. b. the Water Drop. In addition, a face-painting clown and caricature caricature, a satirical drawing, plastic representation, or description which, through exaggeration of natural features, makes its subject appear ridiculous. artist will be on hand. Partners in the water education festival are the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Eastern Municipal Water District, Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is the largest bulk water supplier for municipal use in the world. The name is usually shortened to the "Metropolitan Water District" or simply "MWD". , Murrieta County Water District, Rancho ran·cho n. pl. ran·chos Southwestern U.S. 1. A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers. 2. A ranch. California Water District and Western Municipal Water District. Festival supporters include the Lake Elsinore/San Jacinto Watersheds Authority, Mission Resource Conservation District, the state of California Department of Water Resources History 1850-1875 California recognizes many types of water rights. These rights have developed with the State over time. Prior to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed in 1848, California was part of Mexico. , the Cities and County of Riverside Storm Water/Clean Water Protection Plan and The Promenade in Temecula. Another supporter, FROGGY Frog´gy a. 1. Abounding in frogs. 92.9-FM, will be broadcasting live from the festival throughout the day. For more festival information, please call 909/296-6942. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a cooperative of 26 cities and water agencies serving 18 million people in six counties. The district imports water from the Colorado River Colorado River River, south-central Argentina. Its major headstreams, the Grande and Barrancas rivers, flow southward from the Andes Mountains and meet to form the Colorado near the Chilean border. It flows southeastward across northern Patagonia and the southern Pampas. and Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern to supplement local supplies, and helps its members to develop increased water conservation, recycling, storage and other water-management programs. |
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