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WaterNews for October 20, 2004Benjamin Grumbles WaterNews is a weekly on-line publication that announces publications, policies, and activities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water. In This Week’s WaterNews:EPA Celebrates World Water Monitoring Day Across the CountryMarking the 32nd anniversary of the Clean Water Act, Administrator Mike Leavitt led government officials at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) in Edgewater, MD near the Chesapeake Bay in celebrating World Water Monitoring Day. The observation gives youth and their families the opportunity to learn about the health of their local watersheds by participating in water monitoring activities. Leavitt was the featured speaker at the event hosted by SERC. Local middle, high school, and home schooled students conducted hands-on water monitoring demonstrations on the Rhode River. Visit the website at www.epa.gov. Ben Grumbles, Acting Assistant Administrator for Water, and his family monitored on Sunday at the Community Stream Day in Wilburdale Park, Annadale, VA. In New York, The Onondaga Lake Partnership sponsored its 3rd Annual Water Quality Monitoring Day event on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. Over 140 students from six Syracuse area schools gained hands-on experience in sampling for several water quality parameters in Onondaga Creek, Kimber Brook and Webster Pond. EPA staffers Chris Dere and Erika Clark in cooperation with other partners from U.S Geological Survey, NY State Department of Environmental Conservation, Upstate Freshwater Institute and Onondaga Cleanup Corporation taught the students the importance of water quality protection and the science behind water monitoring. The students were introduced to the ecological significance of testing for parameters such as pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen and turbidity. They recorded their data and will submit it to the World Water Monitoring Day Website database at www.worldwatermonitoringday.org. A group of New Rochelle, N.Y. Girl Scouts and young people from Highland Avenue, placed markers on stormdrains to help bring awareness to the area residents and assist the City of New Rochelle in meeting their Stormwater Phase 2 Regulations. James Maxwell of the City of New Rochelle's Public Works Department, provided the group with the markers that say, "No Dumping, Drains to Bay." EPA engineer Donna Somboonlakana organized this awareness event for the City. For more information visit www.epa.gov/region2/ . In Portsmouth, NH, Bob Varney, Regional Administrator, joined volunteers from Great Bay Coastwatch to monitor conditions in the Great Bay salt marsh. For more information visit www.epa.gov/region1/ . In Mississippi, Gulf of Mexico Program Director Bryon Griffith monitored with the Hancock High School college-level Environmental Science class on the Bayou La Terre River. In Atlanta GA, Jim Giattina, Water Director, monitored the waters of the Chattahoochee River Basin with 4th and 5th graders. The event was televised nationally by The Weather Channel. In Fort Worth, TX, Region 6 Acting Director of the Water Quality Protection Division Dr. Jane Watson and staff monitored with science students on the banks of the Trinity River. In St. Louis, MO, EPA staffer Kathy Mulder participated in the Week of Water festival held Oct. 15-16, at the St. Louis Science Center. She gave a Wetlands presentation to 500 students Friday, and 3,000-5,000 people from the public Saturday. She handed out monitoring kits to teachers. In Kansas City, KS, Regional Administrator James Gulliford, and 30 middle school students will monitor the waters of Edgerton Park Lake today in Edgerton, KS. Also, EPA staff participated in the Kansas City area Week of Water festival Oct. 8-9 in Kansas City, KS. Over 500 school children participated on Oct. 8 and over 600 citizens visited the festival on Oct. 9 at English Landing Park in Parkville, Missouri. EPA staff demonstrated water sampling gear and methods and provided World Water Monitoring Day kits to teachers and citizens. In Chicago, IL, Water Division Director Jodi Traub will monitor with Kenwood Academy on Friday, Oct. 22, on the North Branch of the Chicago River. On Thursday, Oct. 28, the Water Quality Branch Chief, Linda Holst, will visit several areas in Lower Wisconsin that have implemented Water Quality Improvement Programs. In Seattle, WA, EPA staffers will participate in the “Water Legacy - Heritage for the Future” event held on Saturday, Nov. 6, in Vancouver at the local Joe’s Place Farm - a Vancouver, WA produce grower and farm. This event is sponsored by the Rosemere Neighborhood Association. More information about World Water Monitoring Day is at: http://www.worldwatermonitoringday.org. Subscribe to WaterNewsPlease forward this message to your friends and colleagues who share an interest in water-related issues and would like to hear from EPA's Office of Water. To subscribe to the WaterNews listserv: Send an email message, leave the subject line blank, and address it to: In the body of the message write: Subscribe WaterNews firstname lastname (Please leave one blank space between each word, do not include any other message, and use your actual name- i.e. Subscribe WaterNews Robert Jones) A welcome message will appear in your email box once you are officially subscribed.
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