Blue Planet Water Environmental Center is a hands-on educational center about water and wastewater.  It is located at Lee S. Dukes (North Mecklenburg) Water Treatment Plant in Huntersville and opened to the public in December 2003. 

Tours are available two days a month on a first-come, first-served basis. Please call 704.621.0854 or email Blue Planet to schedule a tour.

Check out the Blue Planet Brochure, Frequently Asked Questions, Video inside Blue Planet, & Blue Planet Insert. 

Video about Speakers Bureau and see a sample tour. 

These publications are in PDF format, which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.  Acrobat Reader can be downloaded for free from the Adobe website.

What You Can Learn in The Blue Planet:
* The Water Cycle
* How Water Gets to Your Faucet
* What Happens Down the Drain (Wastewater Treatment)
* Ways to Protect the Environment
* How to be WaterSmart

What You Can Do in the Blue Planet:
* Pump Water Uphill
* Test Water Quality
* Locate an Underground Pipe
* Follow a Robotic Camera into a Sewer Manhole
*  Turn Valves and hydrants
* And much more

You may also want to visit:

Duke Energy's Explorium website
Junior Achievement
Discovery Place
ImaginOn