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| Water Monitoring Day
MEDIA
ALERT: October 14, 2002 CONTACT:
Gretchen Witti
San
Diego Citizen Watershed Monitoring Steering Committee TELEPHONE:
(858) 259-5921
Mobile
(619) 818-5819 E-MAIL:
gwitti@seatoseatrail.org
When: October 18, 2002 Media Conference: 10:00 a.m. Who: Community, governmental, environmental and scientific leaders. Over 25 K-12 schools, college and community groups will be participating in water testing and monitoring exercises in the San Diego region. At least 200 students will be participating in a series of events at Los Penasquitos Ranch House. These students will be joined by: City of San Diego, Councilmember, Donna Frye; State Water Resources Control Board, Board Member, Pete Silva; Birch Aquarium at Scripps Director, Dr. Nigella Hillgarth; and San Diego Office of Education, Director of Outdoor Education, George Stratman.
What: National Water Monitoring Day – Media Conference and ActivitiesNational Water Monitoring Day, October 18th, is the first annual nationwide event created to mark the anniversary of the initial passage of the Clean Water Act. On this 30th anniversary, the main purpose of the event is to take a snapshot view of streams, lakes and coastal areas throughout the United States by inviting citizen monitors, established volunteer monitoring organizations and federal, state, Tribal and local monitoring program staff to evaluate conditions of their local watersheds. San Diego may have the largest participation in the nation this day. The San Diego community is integrating efforts of our local top national scientists with elementary through college level students, government and community groups. Students around the region will perform and submit data from four key tests: dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity/clarity and temperature into the Year of Clean Water data base. This effort is being coordinated locally by the Steering Committee and nationwide by America’s Clean Water Foundation, in cooperation with several other environmental groups and governmental agencies across the country. Data collected will help in drafting summary comparisons reflecting changes in water quality over the last thirty years. Teachers and students can also use this information to discuss impacts in their local watershed and compare their findings with others. Where:
The
Ranch House at Los Penasquitos Canyon, Los
Penasquitos Canyon Preserve, San Diego County Parks and Recreation,
Black Mountain Road, San Diego America’s Clean Water Foundation
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