Water for Students

Format: Webpage

Audience: K-12 School Health/Wellness Teams- Teachers, Parents, Administrators, Foodservice Workers, Community Members, Coaches

Cost: Free

Below are a list of several resources you can use to promote drinking water at school:

• Increasing Access to Drinking Water in Schools
  CDC’s tool kit includes background information, needs assessment tools, implementation strategies, and evaluation guidance to provide students with access to drinking water as part of a healthy nutrition environment.
• Water in Schools
  Information on current requirements and suggestions for how to make free drinking water available in schools
• Drinking Water Best Management Practices: For Schools and Child Care Facilities With Their Own Drinking Water Source
  EPA’s guide for schools and child care facilities with their own well and classified as a public water system.
• Drinking Water Best Management Practices: For Schools and Child Care Facilities Served by Municipal Water Systems
  EPA’s guide for schools and child care facilities receiving water from water utilities or water suppliers such as cities, towns and water districts.

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