Rio Grande Headwaters Restoration Project Executive Director Emma Reesor, center, teaches children from Monte Vista Kids Connection about the pH of water at the 2018 Water Festival held at the Rio Grande Farm Park on Friday. The water quality station also taught kids about temperature and turbidity.

Tommy the Trout high-fives kids from Del Norte's High Valley Community Center at the 2018 Water Festival held at the Rio Grande Farm Park on Friday. Roughly 100 students from various San Luis Valley afterschool programs participated in the event throughout the afternoon.

Emalee Montoya, 5, glides down a Slip ' N Slide at the 2018 Water Festival held at the Rio Grande Farm Park on Friday. The station educated kids about surface tension.

A volunteer with Adams State University's Adventure Sports program, right, stand-up paddleboards as students kayak at the 2018 Water Festival held at the Rio Grande Farm Park on Friday. There were nine stations in all, from Trout Unlimited discussing the river's ecosystem to VEGI showing how water is important for gardening, for kids to learn about the different properties and uses of water.