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| World Water Monitoring Day 2003 Mexico Press Release What: World Water Monitoring Day Date: Oct 17, 2003graphics/Image2.gif Location: Selected sites on Tijuana-Ensenada coastal zone (worldwide effort) To register locally contact participating Mexican institutions and organizations, and visit: www.sdbaykeeper.org/programs/programs.htm Universities, K-12 Schools, Students, Teachers and Clean Water Enthusiasts from Baja California, Mexico Get Involved in World Water Monitoring Day 2003 Tijuana, Baja California – October 15, 2003 Students and teachers from several Universities, High Schools, Elementary and Middle Schools in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, as well as State and City Officials and clean water enthusiasts from south of the border will join their peers from San Diego, California and from other parts of the globe, on October 17, to celebrate the first annual World Water Monitoring Day. Their participation is a follow-up from their involvement in a similar event that took place in the United States and Baja California, Mexico, last May, on Coastal Snapshot Water Day. The main purpose of World Water Monitoring Day is to increase the public’s awareness of their role in protecting and preserving the quality of our region’s and the world’s waters, by inviting a wide range of citizens and students to assist with this international test on October 17th. 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 their global partners. The day’s efforts will be relatively easy and fun to carry out under the supervision of experienced monitors. Participants will take and analyze water samples from six selected sites along the Baja coast, from Playas de Tijuana to San Miguel, near Ensenada. They will perform and submit data from four key tests: temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, and turbidity/clarity. More sophisticated technical analyses such as nitrogen content, phosphorus, speed of the water flow, benthic macro invertebrates, and rapid trash assessment will be done by experts. Students, teachers and other participants are organized to foster everybody’s involvement and to optimize results. Teachers and students interested in joining this event can contact any of the participating institutions: Instituto México, CETYS Universidad, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Universidad Iberoamericana or Universidad Xochicalco. Other citizens can contact the Offices of The State or County Educational Systems in Tijuana. An Organizing Committee that includes representatives from all the participating institutions and organizations coordinates this effort locally. In San Diego it is coordinated by a Steering Committee (www.sdbaykeeper.org/programs/programs.htm) and worldwide by America’s Clean Water Foundation, in cooperation with several other environmental groups and governmental agencies around the world. For more details visit the San Diego Baykeeper website: www.sdbaykeeper.org/programs/programs.htm and the Project Clean Water website at www.projectcleanwater.org. Tijuana Committee Members: Ayuntamiento de Tijuana CETYS Universidad Grupo Ecologista Gaviotas Grupo Jaján Instituto México Sistema Educativo Estatal Sistema Educativo Municipal Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Universidad Iberoamericana Universidad Xochicalco San Diego Citizen Watershed Monitoring Steering Committee members: City of San Diego Clean Water Team – State Water Resources Control Board Project Clean Water County of San Diego San Diego Baykeeper San Diego County Water Authority San Diego Sea-to-Sea Trail Foundation San Diego State University San Diego Stream Team Sister Schools of San Diego Southwestern College Surfrider Foundation
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