HALLO WATER SAMPLERS!!!!! We are a 12 grade class in Pergine, Italy.
Pergine is a little and pretty town (15000 inhabitants) near Trento in
the north of Italy, at 482 metres above sea level. On a hill there is a
famous medieval castle, and a misterious and unhappy legend is narrated
about it. It regards the "Dama Bianca", a charming woman 's ghost that
you could hear crying in full moon nights. This castle is now a hotel,
and it is famous for its art exhibitions. Close to Pergine there are two
lakes, so during the summer and winter there is a lot of tourists. They
can find different kinds of accomodations like hotels and camping sites.
There are also sporting faciliies, like skiiing and ice-skating (we have
the world champion of speed ice-skating, Roberto Sighel). Pergine is also
close to Dolomites. In Pergine there are a few industries and its economy
is based on tourism and agricolture, expecially apples and berries. Our
school is called Marie Curie and it is situated in the centre of the town.
In the past it used to be a psychiatric hospital, so perhaps the students
are a bit mad. The lessons always start at 8 o'clock in the morning and
finish at 13.10. It is the only secondary school specializing in scientific
subjects of the area; there are about 500 students. We go to school from
Monday to Saturday and in our class we are all 18 years old. We study English,
Geography, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, History, Latin, Philosophy, Maths,
Italian, Art, P.E.. We would like to join the water project as we started
sampling the water of stream Fersina wich is an affluent of the river Adige,
the second longest river in Italy, and it is about 30 km long. Its source
is in a mountain lake at about 2005 metres a.s.l.. It flows along a narrow
not densely populated valley. This stream was a problem for Pergine and
Trento because its floods were very dangerous, but now its banks are higher
and safer.