Howard Johnson would collect water off the roof of the greenhouse behind Charleroi Area Middle School to water plants inside. His seventh- and eighth-grade life science and outdoor environmental science students would take that water and water the plants inside the greenhouse.
But the science teacher needed a better watering system because the greenhouse had expanded tremendously “I decided why not pump that rainwater that has collected on the roof into 55-gallon tanks into the greenhouse,” Johnson said.
Johnson applied in September for a $1,213.66 grant from the Mon Valley Consortium for Public Education to fund purchase of the pumps. The grant was approved in mid-November. Johnson said the pumps will be installed soon so the students can use them by spring.
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