Score some water knowledge! Check out the spring event lineup.

MARCH 22: World Water Day Tour Santa Cruz’s waste water treatment plant to learn how the region’s wastewater could be recycled and used to supplement local water supplies. 10:30am-12:00pm.

MARCH 20-26: Fix-A-Leak Week Learn how to check for common household leaks, such as leaking toilets. Free toilet dye-tab kits and household water-saving devices available.

APRIL 18: Graham Hill Water Treatment Plant Tour Join Water Director Rosemary Menard to tour the water treatment facility and see recently improved treatment infrastructure. 10:30am-12:00pm, ages 10+.

APRIL 22: Earth Day Visit the Santa Cruz County Water Conservation Coalition booth to hear about what’s new at each local water district, as well as how you can save water and money.

APRIL 29: Loch Lomond Native Tree & Plant Identification Join lake rangers and staff for this fun and informative “loch walk” to learn about the flora that abounds at Loch Lomond Recreation Area. 11:00am-1:00pm, $6 park entry fee.

MAY 17: Beltz 12 Well & Water Treatment Facility Tour Join Water Department engineers to hear about the City’s groundwater program and how Beltz 12 could be used in aquifer storage and recovery (ASR). 10:30am-12:00pm.

Reservations: ecross@cityofsantacruz.com or 831.420.5213

Cover all the bases this spring with these great finds, available at Santa Cruz Public Libraries.

Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia Barnett

The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt’s New World by Andrea Wulf

Everyday Home Repairs edited by Bryan Trandem

The Hidden Life of Trees: What they Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben

Tell Me, Tree: All About Trees for Kids by Gail Gibbons

Water Music: Poems for Children by Jane Yolen

We All Live Downstream Banana Slug String Band CD

Conserve to Preserve – Our Water, Our Future cityofsantacruz.com/water