The Castellón City Council and Facsa are bringing water culture closer to society once again through workshops, experiments and storytelling.

In its commitment to environmental education and the promotion of a water culture, the Castellón City Council is once again participating in this initiative. Facsa They have organized a new awareness day within the framework of World Water Day.

This event, held in the Plaza Mayor, aimed to raise public awareness about the importance of water and promote its responsible use. In this second edition, the event was expanded to include adults, who were able to learn more about the water cycle and its conservation through fun and educational activities.

In this regard, the mayor of Castellón, Begoña Carrasco, who visited the workshops and activities, along with the councilor for Public Services, Sergio Toledo, and the councilor for the Environment, Cristian Ramírez, highlighted that “from the Castellón City Council we are delighted to repeat last year's experience where so many boys and girls enjoyed the experience of learning through play.”

“On World Water Day, we reaffirm our commitment as a government to continue making Castellón a more sustainable, smart, and efficient capital city by protecting such a precious resource as water. We prioritize the rational and responsible use of this resource because water is life. In this regard, we are utilizing new technologies, including the digitalization of water use, with a pioneering system at the national level that is the result of public-private collaboration between the local administration and Facsa"This will allow for improvements in the management and efficiency of such an important and fundamental resource as water," he added.

The mayor also noted that “we are also promoting measures that allow for water conservation and reuse for watering parks and gardens, street cleaning, and general city maintenance, because every drop of water counts. It is essential that schoolchildren learn about best practices through awareness campaigns like this one, which foster respect for this resource.”

For his part, Facsa's CEO, José Claramonte, emphasized the importance of these types of initiatives: “At Facsa, we have been working for years to promote a water culture based on sustainability and respect for this essential resource.” He also stated that “our commitment is to continue innovating and collaborating with the Castelló City Council to optimize water use, applying advanced technology and solutions that will make our management a benchmark for efficiency and sustainability.”

The event included the participation of second grade students in a series of workshops and experiments designed to understand the natural and urban processes of water.

Learning through play: workshops, experiments and interactive challenges

The program included a wide variety of activities, such as interactive experiments to explain phenomena like evaporation, cloud formation, and the natural and urban water cycle and river basins. In addition, during the "Water Wall" activity, each participant contributed a symbolic drop with a message about water conservation, and a reading area with informational materials was set up.

One of the workshops was 'Maya's Journey', given by the Júcar River Basin Authority. It is an interactive game that explains, through the story of Maya and her friend Niza, the importance of taking care of rivers.

New this year, the number of shows has been expanded and the public has been able to enjoy the puppet show "Stories by dripping", by CIA Rebrote, which has transported the children through stories linked to the importance of water in daily life.

Another new feature of this edition has been the workshop aimed at a more adult audience, who have been able to test their knowledge about the resource with 'The Water Roulette'.

This event joins the numerous initiatives that the Castellón City Council and Facsa have been promoting to raise awareness and bring the culture of water closer to the citizens of Castellón. Among these initiatives, the 'The Value of Water' campaign stands out, which the council launched during the most critical months of the drought last year, emphasizing water as a fundamental element of Castellón's identity. Another initiative is the promotion of tap water consumption through actions such as the 'Watertruck,' a mobile vehicle that guarantees access to tap water at festive, cultural, and sporting events, and which was also present at this event.