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[Valerie D. Face]

This Watershed Summit sounds interesting.  It's at Foothill College on Saturday, Sept. 22.  Registration is $10.

Original email posted by Gloria Purcell on the San Mateo County discussion list.

Valerie

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I plan to go to this; encourage you all to consider it.  Amazing how  
much I don't know about a place I have lived all my life!  And my  
favorite part of "my" place, too!
Anyone?  Carpool?  Sept. 22, 8:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

The BAWSCA meeting was informational; I saw a map of all the new  
pipelines coming from Hetch Hetchy, saw who the members of the agency  
are (water district reps and cities who have no separate water  
districts; all of us who use HH water).
Clearly, SFPUC holds all the power, but this group can make  
recommendations and give opinions.  Peter Dreckmeier asked me and  
others to come, and I am glad I did.  Held at Foster City library;  
their regular meetings are too.
About 20 people spoke, me too, on the new plan to suck more water from  
the Tuolumne River.  All, 100%, were opposed.  Other people were quite  
knowledgeable and eloquent; I just tried to make the point that a goal  
of "meeting increased demand" is a mistaken goal.  People need to know  
limits, know the problems and not just keep consuming; most will  
actually change behavior if they know they need to!  Trying to meet  
"customer demand" merely hides the existence of shortages from us.
Gloria


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Peter Drekmeier <pdrekmeier at earthlink.net>
> Date: July 19, 2012 9:41:19 AM PDT
> Subject: Silicon Valley Watershed Summit
>
> Friends,
>
> I'd like to encourage you to attend the Silicon Valley Watershed  
> Summit on September 22.  Here are the details.
>
> -Peter
>
> Silicon Valley Watershed Summit!
> Saturday, September 22, 8:30am-2:00pm
> Foothill College (Smithwick Theater), 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos  
> Hills
> Details: http://www.acterra.org/watershedsummit
> Registration: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/256652
>
> The Silicon Valley Watershed Summit is a gathering of activists and  
> elected officials, agency staff and non-profit leaders, and the  
> newly-interested, to learn about and take steps to improve our local  
> watersheds in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties.  This event  will  
> focus on “Big Picture” issues that challenge the health of our  
> watersheds, and teach skills that YOU can implement in your  
> watershed and community.  Participants will be able to congregate  
> around specific topics and watersheds, and initiate "friends of"  
> groups and public-private partnerships that will continue working  
> together to promote, protect and restore our watersheds.  Special  
> speakers are Brock Dolman, Director of the Occidental Arts and  
> Ecology Center’s Water Institute, and Lester Snow, former California  
> Secretary of Natural Resources and current Director of the  
> California Water Foundation.
>
> -----------------------------------
> Peter Drekmeier
> pdrekmeier at earthlink.net
> (650) 223-3333
>

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