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to view WAVE’s
involvement in NNO 2005
For an informative report about the “First WAVE Gathering,” click here.
To view the “First Wave Gathering”
photo album, click here.
To read about Pickin’ on the Pigeon
party 2005, click here.
To view
the meeting minutes of February 26, 2004, click here.
To view
the meeting minutes of June 9, 2004, click here.
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the meeting minutes of
To view
the meeting minutes of September 29, 2004, click here.
To view
the meeting minutes of February 3, 2005, click here.
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the meeting minutes of April 6, 2005, click here.
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the meeting minutes of June 15, 2005, click here.
To view
the meeting minutes of September 20, 2005, click here.
On
January 2, 2004, the following individuals met to begin forming a community
task force know as WAVE (Water Awareness for the Vanderburgh Environment):
VANDERBURGH SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
·
Bonnie Bittner, Executive Assistant
·
Norma Duckworth, Water Quality Specialist
·
Holly McCutchan, Associate Board
Member
·
Pam Pelaski, Public Involvement and Input Coordinator
·
Brenda Jeffers, Education and Public Outreach Coordinator
The
group decided to invite community groups to a meeting on
At the
January 2 meeting four measurable goals were set:
1.
Create a WAVE logo.
Pam Pelaski designed the logo. See
Attachment #1.
2. Invite community groups to
attend water awareness meeting on
The letter of invitation was mailed on
3. Publicize committee goals and
activities.
An article was published in the Evansville Courier and Press on
4.
Compile resources as a result of the
meeting.
A list of attendees’ names, some email addresses,
and resources were produced on
Phone: 812-435-5214
Fax:
812-435-5023
Mail: WAVE
SWCD
12445 Hwy. 41 N.
Date (Back to
Goal 2)
Dear
Involved Citizens:
- What
is non-point source pollution?
- What
are the causes and effects of these pollutants on our waters?
- What
can we, as a community, do about non-point source pollution?
To learn
the answers to these questions and more information about Indiana Clean Water
Act public involvement and outreach, come to a community “water awareness”
meeting.
WHEN:
WHERE: 4-H Center
SPONSOR: WAVE (Water Awareness for the
Vanderburgh Environment)
Susan Schultz, ProjectWET Coordinator with the
Indiana Department of Natural Resources, will be on hand to give some insight
into the state’s efforts to reach out and get the public involved in water
awareness.
This
invitation is being sent to neighborhood associations, schools, colleges and universities,
city and county departments, scout associations, homeowners association, and
other people and groups who get involved in community endeavors.
Many of
this organization possess various types of resources that can be combined to
form a community-wide effort to create public awareness about clean streams and
lakes in
If you
know of any other persons or groups who would like to attend, invite them.
Please RSVP by
Sincerely,
WAVE
Water
Awareness for the Vanderburgh Environment
A partnership between Soil
and Water Conservation District, Vanderburgh County Surveyor, and Westside
Improvement Assoc. (Back to Goal 3)
ATTACHMENT
#2
New
group promotes water awareness
By MARK WILSON
Courier & Press staff writer 464-7417 or mwilson@evansville.net
Water
pollution may bring to mind images of chemical spills, industrial waste and
overflowing sewers, but it is not always that simple.
Storm water runoff from rain and melting snow and ice carries with it a variety of pollutants from parking lots, streets, yards, and farm fields into ditches, creeks and lakes. This pollution can include fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, antifreeze, gasoline, oil, and other contaminants and typically cannot be traced to a particular source.
"They are testing
water in streams and lakes and finding that the water is contaminated.
Eventually, this water can run to the (
Creating awareness about
and preventing such "nonpoint source
pollution" will be the focus of a new organization being put together as a
joint effort of the Vanderburgh County's Surveyor's Office, Soil & Water
Conservation District and the Westside Improvement Association.
Holly McCutchan,
a volunteer with the Soil & Water Conservation District, said the hope is
that the new group - Water Awareness for the Vanderburgh Environment (WAVE) -
will be an umbrella group of neighborhood associations, schools, colleges and
universities, city and county departments and others. Many of these
organizations, she said, have resources, which can be combined to form a
communitywide effort to create public awareness about clean streams and lakes.
The public is invited, weather permitting, to a
meeting at
Susan Schultz of the
Indiana Department of Natural Resources will be on hand to discuss the state's
effort to raise awareness of water pollution issues.
"We are hoping that
this will be a communitywide effort," Jeffers said. "As we try to
initiate this endeavor, we are going to be learning right along with those who
are joining us."
The Surveyor's Office has
created a Web site at www.riverfriendly.com, which is aimed
at helping everybody from educators to builders learn more about the issue.