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Windham (Maine) High School students and support staff presented the first draft of the book, originally named Water Maine, at a statewide conference for school librarians. Shown from left are students Olivia Verrill, Dakota Ennis and Haley Stedt; Sarah Plummer, environmental education coordinator for the Portland Water District; Amy Wells Denecker, Windham High School librarian; Jeff Riddle, Windham High School teacher; Dorothy Hall-Riddle, middle school librarian project advisor; and students Julia Rand, Bailey Card and Emily Algeo.
For more than 20 years, the Portland (Maine) Water District has had an in-school education program delivering lessons to about 1,000 middle school science students each year.
The utility provides teachers with lesson plans and curriculum on water pollution, stewardship and water...