Veolia’s Municipal Water School Outreach Program Reaches Record 55,000 Students
Veolia’s Municipal Water School Outreach Program Reaches Record 55,000 Students
> School-based programs, STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) summer camps and treatment facility tours provided water education to students across the country
> Interactive lessons cover a wide range of topics from the water cycle and freshwater ecosystems to the science behind thunderstorms
PARAMUS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Veolia’s school outreach program in communities served by its Municipal Water business reached more than 55,000 students – an all-time high – during the 2024-2025 school year.
Veolia’s interactive lessons covering a wide range of water-related topics in communities served by its Municipal Water business reached more than 55,000 students – an all-time high – during the 2024-2025 school year.
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These free classes, aimed at complementing curriculum at each grade level, were presented to students across Veolia’s Municipal Water service territories across North America. The learning continued beyond the 2,060 classes taught, including educational tours for thousands of students at water and wastewater treatment plants Veolia operates. Across all states, the program’s instructors supported dozens of environmental outreach events from Earth Day celebrations to STEM nights.
Karine Rougé, CEO of Veolia’s Municipal Water division in North America, said, “Veolia’s school outreach program is an incubator for the next generation to find their roles conserving and replenishing water resources – operating infrastructure, protecting biodiversity, creating new technological breakthroughs and building a circular economy for water. Getting students interested in water plants the seeds to continue learning in these areas, discovering their careers and their futures in the science we need to provide environmental security to a changing planet. Some of those kindergarteners will be the next generation of our workforce in a blink of an eye, and all of them will benefit from the sparks we light in our educational programs.”
Veolia’s community relations managers and outreach instructors work closely with teachers to ensure that classes and outreach programs provide a valuable supplement to lesson plans. The programming is evaluated at the end of each school year, taking into account teacher and student feedback. This helps Veolia continue to adapt and evolve its programs in a way that engages students and makes them excited to learn about water.
Patricia O’Brien, Science Teacher, Park Avenue Elementary School in Port Chester, NY, said, “Veolia’s programs provide our students with hands-on experience and a different perspective. Teaching them about where water comes from, how it’s cleaned and how to conserve, gives them a lot to reflect on about the importance of water on our planet.”
Veolia’s Municipal Water division serves 20.7 million people across America with water, wastewater and biosolids services, consistent with the company’s global GreenUp strategy to lead the ecological transformation by depolluting, decarbonizing and regenerating resources.
Jonathan Grossman, Dean of Students at the Ella T. Grasso Southeastern Technical High School in Groton, Conn., said, “Veolia’s school and community outreach programs have opened doors for students by exposing them to water career pathways they never knew existed.”
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https://careers.veolianorthamerica.com/a-day-in-the-life/
ABOUT VEOLIA IN NORTH AMERICA
Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.
ABOUT VEOLIA GROUP
Veolia Group aims to become the benchmark company for ecological transformation. Present on five continents with 215,000 employees, the Group designs and deploys useful, practical solutions for the management of water, waste and energy that are contributing to a radical turnaround of the current situation. Through its three complementary activities, Veolia helps to develop access to resources, to preserve available resources and to renew them. In 2024, the Veolia group provided 111 million inhabitants with drinking water and 98 million with sanitation, produced 42 million megawatt hours of energy and treated 65 million tons of waste. Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE) achieved consolidated revenue of 44.7 billion euros in 2024.
Contacts
Bill Madden
Vice President, Communications
845-274-8371
bill.madden@veolia.com
