Get to Know Your H2O

• This podcast discusses Oregon's Water Quality Program, how the Clean Water Act is applied in Oregon, and how impaired waters can be improved.
• Students will learn that Oregon's Water Quality Program monitors and protects waters within the state, the Clean Water Act requires Oregon to report on the state's water quality every two years, and some impaired waters can be improved by reducing combined sewage overflows.

Positives

• This podcast interviews state officials with expertise in water quality standards and analysis.
• This podcast shows how civics and hydrologic science can intersect.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should know what impaired water is and why it's harmful.
• Students should know what the Clean Water Act is and when it was enacted.
  

Differentiation

• This podcast could help students construct an explanation on how the availability of clean water influences human activity.
• This podcast allows students to evaluate the Oregon government's effectiveness at addressing water quality issues within the state.
• This podcast could supplement a lesson about what aspects of human activity are causing waters to become polluted.
• For a language arts course, this podcast allows students to evaluate the point of view and reasoning of someone who is talking about water quality regulation.