Registering For a Program or Reserving a Loan Box

School Program or Project W.A.T.E.R

To register for a school program or Project W.A.T.E.R., call the Whitney Water Center at 203-777-1142 between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M. Monday through Friday. The following information is needed when you call:

• Teacher name
• Contact name (if not the teacher)
• School name
• Complete school address and phone number
• Date and time of program (please have an alternate)
• Grade level
• Number of students
• Title of program
• Any special needs of your students

Approximately one month before your scheduled program, you will be sent a confirmation letter. If you would like a pre-visit packet for your program, please call the Water Center at 203-777-1142 at least two weeks before your program. If you need to cancel your program for any reason, please give us as much notice as possible.

All programs are approximately one hour in length. When you register for the program, the person taking your registration can tell you the amount of time that program usually takes. If you are coming to the Whitney Water Center, please try to arrive on time and have the bus collect you on time. We allow only 15 minutes between classes during our busier months. Many classes cover a wide range of ages. Our staff will present an age-appropriate version of the program for your students. Maximum class size is 27 students.

Loan Boxes

To reserve a Loan Box, download the Regional Water Authority Education Brochure, make a copy of the reservation form , fill it out and fax it to the Whitney Water Center at 203-865-2109. You may also call the Water Center at 203-777-1142. The Boxes are available free of charge to schools and groups in the Regional Water Authority’s district. Boxes are on loan for a period of ten school days and will be delivered to and picked up from your school.

If you prefer to pick up and/or return the Loan Box yourself, you can make arrangements by calling the Whitney Water Center at 203-777-1142. Boxes are located at the Whitney Water Center on Whitney Avenue in Hamden and at Schooner, Inc. on Water Street in New Haven.

More Information on All Education Programs

All programs are free for schools in our district*. For more information on Regional Water Authority education programs, call 203-777-1142.

*Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Branford, Cheshire, Derby, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Killingworth, Madison, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Prospect, Regional District #16, Regional District #17, Seymour, West Haven and Woodbridge.

PDF Download

Download the Regional Water Authority Education Brochure.
The PDF includes the Water Science Loan Box Reservation Form.