Since 2022, the PIs have offered the Water Research Workshop to local high school students in Central New York. In 2025, the PIs also extended opportunities to undergraduate students and saw strong interest in water-related research and careers. Although students had great experiences in separate lab sessions during the workshop, it was not easy to connect individual experiences, so the team plans to design the outreach program as a comprehensive design project. The PIs will leverage the current program with (i) a series of lectures about the importance of water quality, current environmental challenges with water contamination and scarcity issues, and state-of-the-art in water-related research, (ii) hands-on-type laboratory experience, and (iii) a field trip to the local facility, Metropolitan Syracuse Wastewater Treatment Plant, and also include a design component in the program by providing a theme and story.