The coordinates will take you to the Wichita Area Treatment, Education & Remediation (WATER) Center. The WATER Center’s outdoor features are open every day from dawn to dusk. The Center’s museum is open from 1-4:30 PM on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays except for holidays. Tours of the treatment building and educational programs are available by arrangement.
The WATER Center’s remediation complex includes five and one-half miles of piping, thirteen extraction wells, and a venturi air stripping system operated to limit the spread of the contaminated groundwater. After treatment, the remediated water flows through Wichita’s largest public aquarium, a creek, and wetlands before entering the Arkansas River. The aquarium is home to native species such as catfish, sunfish, and suckers.
The trail along the creek provides visitors with viewing opportunities for wildlife attracted to the newly-created habitat as well as demonstrative exhibits on wetlands, buffer strips, and non-point source pollution. At the Aquarium, stop pick up a TRAIL GUIDE that will give you information about the stops at the numbered trail posts and signs found along the way. Head up the stairs by the trail guide box to Number 1 and follow the cement path.
The coordinates will take you to several stops along the trail. Stay on the trail as you go to each of the coordinates.
ONE DRIP ONE DRIP AND CONTINENTS CHANGE
#1 N37° 38.930 W097° 20.277 Starting Coordinates posted on cache
#1..What were the main contaminants found at the Gilbert-Mosley site? __________________ ______________ Information is on the Sign found just east of the starting coordinates titled “The Water Story”
BEFORE THERE WERE MIRRORS..THERE WAS WATER..BEFORE THERE WERE FACES THERE WAS WATER
Coordinates #2 N37° 38.914 W097° 20.308
#2..How can you estimate the age of fish? __________ the ________________ of _____________ on _______ of it's ________________ Info on one of the signs at the Aquarium. Can you identify the fish inside?
PICK UP A FIELD GUIDE HERE..Please be respectful..not too many and return it..if you are just going to throw it away. They can also be downloaded off the internet below..see the links. Now..head up the stairs and follow the trail to the rest of the coordinates.
En Route..check out the information found on the Signboards.
#3 What do plants such as cattails, rushes, and sedges do? They are ____________________ _________________ _____________________.
#4 Why does a River meander? Factors include: _______________, the ________________ of the _________________________, the ___________________ of the ____________________, and the _____________________ that makes up the _________________ ____________________.
WE CAN GET THROUGH OUR LIVES WITHOUT DIAMONDS; NOT ONE WEEK WITHOUT BEADS OF WATER
Coordinates #3 N37° 38.888 W097° 20.298
#5..What will a pebble the size of a Sesame Seed do??___________ the _______________ of a ______________ Info found on the cement post at these coordinates?
SNOW. RAIN. STREAM. SEA. DEW. MIST. BOILED FOR TEA. THE LIFE OF WATER NEVER ENDS. IT MERELY HAS DIFFERENT BODIES.
Coordinates #4 N37° 38.850 W097° 20.339
#6..What is the picture of, on the sign titled “Ribbons of Water on the Prairie”? ____________________________ Prairie Streams are vital to the ________________ of the _____________________.
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the BEFORE THERE WERE MIRRORS THERE WAS WATER
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Water Center Brochure & Trail Guide:
The WATER Center Brochure
The Trail Guide (28 pages)