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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3.a. National Drinking Water Week Proclamation , ; CITY OF ROSEMOUNT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR ACTiON CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: May 2, 1995 : AGENDA ITEM: National Drinking Water Week AGENDA SECTION: Proclamation Department Heads Reports PREPARED BY: Bud Osmundson AGENDA N City EngineerlPublic Works Director � 1 EM � ATTACHMENTS: Proclamation, Water Information APPROVED BY: �� `� National Drinking Water Week will be observed throughout the Nation for the week of May 7 through May 13, 1995. This is the time for all of us to promote the public's awareness about the role that water plays in our daily lives. It is also an opportunity for communities to show their appreciation for the hard work and dedication of our Public Works Employees who supply many of us with safe, clean drinking water. Some important facts about water which can be found on the attached information: • The earth's water supply has not increased since the beginning of time. 97% of the earths water is in the oceans and seas leaving only 3°10 as usable for human consumption. This water is continually recycled through the earths atmosphere, oceans and ground. • The human brain is 75% water and the human body is 66% water. - • In the United States there are 59,000 community public water systems with over 1 million miles of water pipelines in the United States and Canada. • It takes 1,851 gallons of water to refine one barrel of crude oiL ` • The average household uses 107,00� gallons of water per year. The City of Rosemount potable water system is served by three main system wells plus one backup well and two rural water system wells. We have two water towers, Chippendale Avenue with a 500,000 gallon capacity, and Connemara Trail with a 1,000,000 gallon capacity. In 1994 the City used approximately 350,000,000 gallons of water or approximately 35,000 gallons of water for each person that is served by our water system. The City's water treatment includes chlorine for killing of germs and bacteria, fluoride for improving the health of our teeth and polyphosphates which sequester iron and manganese in the water so that it does not stain our clothes in washing. The cost of City water delivered to your home is 0.001 dollar per gallon. The average monthly cost for water is approximately 510.00 while cable T.V. averages 526.00, the minimum phone bill is approximately S26.00 and your trash collection bill is approximately $15.00 per month. High quality drinking water is normally taken for granted. We ask that the Mayor proclaim May 7th through May 13th as National Drinking Water Week so that the Citizens of Rosemount . recognize how important their water is and that we should conserve and protect all ihe fresh water that we can. RECOMMENDED ACT10N: GDUNCIL ACTION: 4 i � C1TY �F ROSEM4UNT �HAu 2875—145th Street West P.O.Box 510 ^ Eve hin s Comin U Rosemountl! Rosemount,MN rY�' 9� 9- P s5oes-os�o Phone:612-423-4411 Fax:612-423=5203 _ The Citp of Rosemount ' Of�ice of the Mapor ������PR4CLA►MATION****�� WSF.REf1S, water is a basic and essentiial need of every living erealure; and WS�1�E'A.S, our health, comfort, and standard of living depend on an abunda�rat supply of high-quality water; and WEF.RF.AS, we are calling r�pon each citizen to give drinking war�er a hand by protecting our source waters from pollution, prnetieing water eonservation, and getting invodved in water decisions; and WSERT.�LS, we encourage all citizens to spread the word for water. NOW, TAF.RF.FpRE, I E. B. McMenomy, Mayor of the City of Rosemount, do hereby proelaim the week of May 7 thrnugh May 13, 1995 as "NATIONAL DRINI�NG WATER WEEK" GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMOUNT THIS 2nd DAY OF MAY, 1995 E. B. McMenomy, Mayor ATTEST: Susan M. Walsh, City Clerk � ������� containir�.70X�. pauKonwmer marenals. � ��,e''"I�n► ' . Celebrate `�C�f�� ��e'�'I� �� nnay t-13 � � � � Water Facts : Did You Know? : _ � Water is the most common substance found on eazth. ♦ The only water we will ever have is whax we have now � . In a 100-year period,a water molecule spends 98 years in the ocean,20 months as ice,about 2 weeks in lakes and rivers, and less than a week in the atmosphere. ♦ Each day the sun evaporates 1,000,000,000,000 (a trillion)tons of water. � Water is the only substance on earth naturatly found in the three true element forms; solid,liquid, and gas. • 80%of the earth's surface is water. ♦ 97%of the earth's water is in the oceans and seas. ♦ 66%of your body is water. : ♦ Bones are 25%water. • Human blood is 83%watez. � A person can survive without food for more than 3U days,but less than a week without water. • A gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds. ♦ For every 23I feet that water is raised above the earth's surface it can create one pound per square inch of pressure. • For every 2.31 feet you aze submerged below a body of waxer's surface there is 1 pound per square inch of pressure equally placed on your body. ♦ The first water pipes made in the U.S. were fire-chan�ed,bored-out iogs. � There are over 1 million miies of water pipelines and aquaducts in the United States and Canada— enough to circle the globe 40 times. • There are over 59,000 community public water systems in the U.S. • Community water systems process over 35 billion gallons of water daily. � 'The average household uses 107,000 gallons of water per year. � It takes 1,851 gallons of water to refine one barrel of crude oil. � It takes 1,500 gallons of water to process one bazrel of beer. • It takes 120 gallons of water to produce one egg. ♦ Over 42,000 gallons of water(enough to fill a 30x50 foot swimming pool)are needed to grow and prepare the food for a typical Tt�anksgiving dinner for eight. � • A single birch tree will give off 70 gallons of water per day in evaporation. ♦ An acre of corn will give off 4,000 gallons of water per day in evaporation. . ' ' . "'_ �� , � i�atio�nal Driinlc»ncs IUate�- ,Iil�e�a.k �9 95r ' : � _ � . . � �i/� , . '�- . - 8�eventeea national noaprofit Nattonal media campai� and �•�,�� . _ local communit� events. � - ' 'Th�coughaut_the �ITeek, Ioca1 _ � grouPs hold events i� � ' • Iibraries, near Ia.kes, in National Drinl�ng�Pater Week schools, drini�ng water treat- is an internatfonal public ser- ment plants, malls, a.ad city vice campaign to promote balts, for example. Groups � . water-responsible actions. Its sc�edule river cleanups, haz- flagship logo is the Blue ardous waste collections, aad Thumb, which recogaizes and other pollution fighting efforts. � symbolizes the commitment to The media and�hundreds of � � i� �} � ;�t _ �are for water—to give drinl�ng $i'oups around the United " avater a haud. States and Canada are � - • � encouraged to "3pread the _ � ' , �.�� word for avater." • �• Ma.�r 7 -13,-1995 is National a,� . , _� - _ �� � Drin,I�x�,g�JPater aPeek ' � In the United Sta.tes aad � � ���_ Cana.da �,_ � . To encourage the media a.ad community graups to "Sprea.d � the word for water" a.nd , : thereb� increase awareness of water issues aad commitment . " � � � � to avater-responsible actions. . . �!1� �'.� w-+M�c�_ _. � . . " t • , Bhle Thumb fs a Ceglstered trademark of • � nse of Lne Biue Thumb logo aad msterial3. • _ •Ltie Amertcan Water Worlts Assocfatton. OLhers Please contact Public Affairs , permissioa 1s 8'�'�ted to National Drl4kin8 DeDartmeat,Americaa Water Works . • qOater Allisace members aad the media far Assaciation, for permission. . . q1 . ' . , . � .:,'r��J '` ,yl � � . . � � . I 1 � � ' ..., . .�� . . . . • ; . t. . . ilA �,r ') '� •.t ' � . � . � , . . 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We Ieave its care _ cthers," saps John Daaiel, chair of the National Drinl�ng aPaxer an;a.nr�. �Eveiq one of us has e opportunity to take positive actions for water e�very day to eurb pollutioa and save water for fiill'@ g@II@P2��'ifOIIS.'� � • . te 8lliance, which sponsors Nationa.I Drinl�ng D'Pater�Peek, May 7-I3, recommends three basic �incipies to guide water-positive actions: conserve water, proteet it, and become involved in local ,cisions that a.ffect avater sota'c�s aud water quai�y. � put princfples into action, the group urges a series of specific beha.viors. Water la.wns and gar- :ns only in the mornin.g and on�y as needed. In dxy areas, incorporate native plants, which are lapted to nattu�al conditions, to cut daqvn on the need for water. ur;n�n,;�e the use of la.ava fer�tiliz- � �s and wesd aad pest killers. During a rainstorm or irrigation, they ca.n wash into water bodies, �using pollution and excessive nutrient loa,ding. The Allia,nce not vnly recommends cuttin�their: ie t0 2a abS0111t2 minimtlm, it suggests reading labels carefully and disposing of unused portions at �ecia.l collection centers. - :aa,p routine household activities contribute to water pollution. Eben batteries contain toxic mate- � als, mercury and cadmium. If put into the trash, they can find their way into landfills. There �tteries corrode and release heavy metals, which wash into surface wateis�leach inbo graind water' � . �d poEaite the avatz�: . � [any household cleaners, renovation solvents, and habby materiaLs are �a-*�+fi>> to waterf thus, - - �any communities have developed innova,tive methods to dispose of these pollutants; For example, ae community started a pa.i.nt excha.nge, others hold special hazardous waste collections. I'here are hundreds of ways commuaities and individuals ca.a use water more efficient�y a.nd ecrease pollution," says Da.niel. "And especial'�y during NaLional�Drinking Water Wesk we ma.ke iformation anailable on a variety of positive water behaviors which we ca11 Blue Thumb' actions. Te also encourage people to spread the word about these practices aad multiply their individual ffects on water." ' . ►1liaace members include the Americaa Water Works Associa.tion, US Environmental Protection ►.geacy, Coopera.tive State Research, Educatfon a.nd Extension 3ervice, National Drinlrin�Water ;learinghause, Natwcal Resources Coaservation Service, Water Education Founda.tion, Groundwater 'ounda,tion, Americaa Ground 9PaLer TrusL, aad Lea.�txe of Women Vaters EducaLion Fund. �or a free brochure on the "Blue Thumb Basics," conta,ct National Drinkiiag Water Week �ea.dquarters, American Water Works Association, 6866 West Quincy Ave., Denver, C0 80238. � �; _ - ' . , . � • • ' ' , I � . . . . . , . .. _ . . � . _ . , . . la#ionat �Qri�nl��nq Water tit��!Is � � � . : . . . , taty 7-13,� 1995 . � : - . � 3ot Water... Not» 3a Saco�nds ' ' . •-------------------------------------------------------------- ; . �ing hot tap water to prepare bab� formula. or,for av� . . . _ ad of cooking is a.no-no. It's often not safe beca.use ,: - ' � _ . . a.d from some household plumbing ca.n get into the hot ; --------------;-�--- �ter.- Be safe, always stast avith cold water a.nd heat it : � ,1,�: • _ � the stove or in the microwave. Ta1k with fa.mily, - iends, and neighbors•and urge �Yhem.to do the sa.m.e. � : � $ public service �tional Drinking �Pater �Peek is Ma�r 7-I3. Sprea.d the ` �o��ment from the ord for water. ' National Drinking a'Pater , � - Alliauce. Don't �t�33ut8" � 2O Se.co�nds , � � ---------------------------------------------------------------- -------- - - - -- ---- ea.d batteries, old paint, and used motor oil don't ; _ - �Iong in the trash. Ta.ke them to special collection . ' _- �nters before they get on the ground and into �he a.ter. T�1k with family, friends, and nei$hbors and � . rge them to do the same. Ceiebrate National Drinl�rig _ '� K �ater Week May 7-13. . . m , - m . : _ . ¢ - , � et Br�" � l5 Seconds ' m' . ----------------=-------------------------------------------- • . �id you know your brain is 75% water� Use it to soa.k o - _ p I�owledge a.bout how to conserve a.nd protect water. . - '� . ¢ . ut on your tlzinking ca.p a.nd i.nstall a Iow flow shower � . � ,,e - -� ea.d. Nationa.I Drinl�ng Water �Peek is May 7-I 3. ; ' � pread the word for water. � •�"�,� �� • . . f -- =�-�'' •. • . . ; . � . ; -�.. . 'Save" 1 o Secords : j � : , •---------------------------------------------------------------- - !'ou can save about two gallons of water everp ti.me you � � --"- �rush your teeth if you turn off the Lap. May 7-I 3 is . •��-� Tational Drinking Water Week. 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A i • il + � i ' • . • • . � l - : _ , r - ; � '1 � i '� l � � ,i �c , � • i . - . • i �h _ � _ � � �� � L. 1� o • � � � �• •. i. • �� � 2 . . _ _ � � -i a _ �llt�at Eueryo�ne -Sl�ould Do - . . f.or Dri�rr ki n q W at{e�r - �ver9 y�American fam�ies � I.Ta3ce potentSall�y hasmftil 3.Remember to always staz�t _ . uae betov�eea 50,000 to 200,000 � �°� such as used batter- with cold wa.ter and heat it aa4 . ; ies, motor afl, Ieftover pasnt, the stove ar in the mfcrawave g�,IIons o�water. �Pater affects ; bug sPra.Y, weed I�llers, and for cool�ng or drinl�ng Lead � some household clea.ners to caa get into drinking water aa b+ealt'1z, orts IifestyIes, and , � special caIlection centers. At . Prom lead solder aad pipes • � crta eoo�mic weil be�n� ; the sa.me time, look for heaith used in household plumbiag. � ; ier�alternatives to hazardaus Because hot water picks up �g����� � � products, because what you leaci, nener use water from tbis p�ec�ous resouroe is neces- � fi�row in the trash, Pour down the hot water tap to prepare � the drain, or dump on the baby formula, food, or dri.nks. sazg nov�r and fo�f�u�e g�nera: � �'ound ca.n get iato your , tio�s. To ; water source. . ,� � _ 1Q'atfonal Dr�g�'Pater�Peek, _ � - ,4.Replace old, inefficient - ; , May 7-13,tt�e Na,tianal Drml�ng � . water fixtures and appliances Water 8ll��c�is rer��mendin� � � 2.Plaut low-v�a.ter-use grasses with their state-of-t�he-art , and shrubs to cut your lawn counterparts to save water, i�e folloaving 101�ey actaoms for ��•watering by 20-50%. �Ia maay energp, and money. Low flow �us to tal�e to conserve and ; areas of the cauntry, 50-7096 shower hea,ds, toilets, and ; of household water is used water-efficieat applia.nces can �p�yp�,�; 'j�hrn�cr�hntcl � outdoors for watering Iawns sa.ve hun.dreds or even thou . aad oomnmtmity a,etio�s are c�iti � � �dens. sa.ads of �allons of water each . _ � . yea.r. Install low flow fixtux�es c�11 nz ma�nta�anzg rns beelth � and encourage your neighbors, � . aad tbe l�atth af our wat�c: � - .:: family, friends, and coworkers � ' - -"*' `#�o do the same. � . ,;` _ � ` � � - � , . , � � ' � . . � ;� gpi.ead the word on usiag 8.�ake a difrerence�bY.jainin8 ; .DTationa,i.'Driakin8 WateT _ �tl+cides a,nd f�r�Zers spar- 'a comm�mit9' 6�oup t�at is : � :gll�ace' The group is c�m � - �,�q and leara to use n;a,tu,rai arorking,to improve aad safe- � posed of 17 na�ticn,al aoapi'a�it � rethotts fo� $�rdening and 8tu�'d wa�er quality . ` ; or$aaizaxfons, inr�it f„a the wa care. Pesticfdes, weed . Concerned dtizens pooling ; 9mericaia Water Works tIlers, and fertilizers used on '. their time and taleat Yta.ve � Associa�inn, US Environmentai � �me gardeng and laavns c,�a .been. 2�nowa to move indus- � Protection B.gene9, CcoPerast�ive 3'� 1IIt0 9011I' dlZIIkfIIg WB.t@r ti'I6S, COmmt�nitf�a� 3IId i .g�3t8 �S@8SC21, �''d1LC3f�0II 3IId �urce. As raSnwater passes Congress to better protect aur ; �xtension service, Natural pwn through the ground, it water sources. ; Resources Conserva.tfoxi ut,es these chemicals with it � 3ervice, and IQational Drinking ' aPater Clearin�house. For a IId C811 COII1:amina.T� W2.�,2I:_ _ ' � . i fT8@ Blll$ '�1tlII1� HBSICS , � _ ' • 9.Practice environmental ; brochure, conta,ct: � � , actions to reduce, reuse, and � i.Gine water a hand by sup- recyc�e. Although water is ; National Drinl�ag�Pater VPeek �orting local, sta�e, and most often seea as blue, it's � Headquarters �,tianal measures to protect part of the whole green envi ; Americaa water Works � va,tersheds and groundwater. ronmental effort. ; 9ssociation 'reventing watersheds and ' , Public Affairs Department �aundwater from becoming •. ; 6666 W. Quincy�nenue bn,ta�ninated is healthier from � Denver, CO 80235 � �e start and.req,uires Iess 10.3prea.d the ward for water � " seatment to� make vaater safe every chance you get. Ta11�ng � � . A drink. with fami�y, friends, and � . coworkers caa clear up a lot. � 3pedal note to events plaaaers: The mare people I�oav about � This information is available how to conserve, prvtect, aad � camera-reac�y in the ba,ck _ 7.If you own a septic system get involved with water, the ; pocket of this folder. Priat �r l�ow'someone avho does, better off we'11 a.�l be. � and distribute t1�is informatiaa ancourage them to have it � to the public at National [nspected annuall,y and � Drinl�ng Water Week events. � pumPed out regular�y. Septic - , - � . ta�ks ca.n Iea.k aitrates, bacte- These recomm.ended actions to ; � � ria, and chemicals into conserve aad protect our criti ; . � groundwater. . ca1 water sources are a ser- � . � vice of the "Blue Thumb" � campaign, a national educa- � � � � tlnaal e�ort sponsored by the ; _ . � . � . . � _ , � � � �� • � , ..� • . � ��' 1 �!.` � + . . ', ;��� _ � � . - ' _ _. n-d��sid�sa[s �M`aise . . . .. .. ..._ ..:_. _ � [tif feTi��t�e�. - � _ � . _ � : ���� �� . ; �� � � � � � �o�, �- . nais�s tak[ng ac�oa bo ac� ; �j��„�: isters to-congTegations' tes�c.l� , � eI'S to 3tudCnt3, vOtel'3 tO �+e���water am3 gat � Ti]Iery, Nasth � elected o�fcials." Ta1k and ' �atved'm w�a;b�d�ds�s. ; Carolina �. �,- educatfon worked. Gazg � . reports it beca.me comxnon_. . � � . " ; Although Garg Grant of pla.ce for I00 or more resi , . ; Tillery, North Carolina, taught dents to attend council meet- � school for 12 years, he aever � ings. They preseated argu - . � thought his best students ments for better methods to - - - � would be a.dults —or that his sa�eguard their drinlring . � , ; favorite subject would be • water. Elected officials ' � - . ; grouadwater. But when hog 'responded and aow the first . � farming operations intensified ordinance of its l�nd in North_ � ' � in the vaincorporated rural Carolina is in pla,ce which � . . = ; area 100 mites northeast of begfus to protect the commuai ` • ; Raleigh a.nd tYviceateaed drink ty's drinlang water. - _ � ' ; in.g water quality, Gary saw a - . . � v�hole aew use for his teaching For t�hese efforts, Tillery . � slrills: he educa.ted the com- received national recognition - ; munitg to ta.ke action. � as a Groundwater Guardia.n: , � COmm1I111�T. _ � Niriety-five percent of Tillery's : . . - ; � � 3,000 residents are African' " ' � Americaa a.ad 7596 are aver Taaia Soana , � ; the a.ge of 60. Residents � � '� drink water from individual � :�� shallow wells, most drilled Denver, Colorado " - � � � about SO years ago. As hog _ - . . ; farming increased in the area, "I had lived in . � ; lagaons v�rere dug to store ani Ol�inawa for a year and We . ' • �; ma1 waste. These lagaons only had water every other � • �� �aere situated at the sa.me day," sa.ys Tania Soann of , . . � � depth as the dri,aking water Denver, Colorado. "I l�ow � � ; wells. Aud there was evidence how it affects your life when . • ; to indica.te�tha.t some of the you don't ha.ve water." Sa • � ' � waste could Ieak into the when Ta,nia. bought her house ' : drinking water wells. in Denner, she decided to use � - - '; water as carefully as possible. _ , , ;. �It was a true grassroots, ' . : ; �door-to-door effort," Gary - . - , . _ . . , • .. � says. "We encoura,ged neigh- � . • � . . . , • • ' . ' . • '���������..����������.��.�.�����—....�� : • '. , . . . � _ . _ �r-goai4 To create a yard of cattle on his farm in Joha aad Jaaa Doe - �auty� and solac:e without Zimmerman, Mfnaesota. "We Baywhere, U9d . �iag a lot of water. d�a't want to do a�ything that: : �adittcnal blue grass land vvill cause environmeatal prob-� Whsn Jolia and Jane Doe r�t-� �ping needs water about . Iems," Dike says. It's that . ized t�hat vrfth each use o�the uree times a week in semi mindset tbat motfvated him to toilet, S to T gall,ons af v�atsr rid Denver. 3o Tania looked chaage maio�Y of his farming were flushed away, t�ey decid- �r alternative types of land � pzactices. ed to look for wate�sav3ag . :a,ping. First she had her ' � a,Iternatives. A. friend told �il tested by the IISDA Usin�a�arm Assessment them that new low-floa�toilet ounty E$teensioa 3ervice C� _ 3ystem CF'arm A-3yst) haad models used be�reen Z and 3 ie Cooperative 3tate book to guide him, Dike evalu gallons per flush. They calcu " .esearch, Education and _ ated his entire farmin� opera lated their savin.gs and invest- : �tension ServfceJ With the tian, from his use of crop fer�- ed about $100 in the ha,rd: . - aowledge that her soil would tflizers aad herbicides to fiiel" ware. John and Jaae upport native plaats, she stora$e. Understaading the . installecr the new bathroom earched aut plants t1�at grow importaace of using just the fiuture themselves on a rild in Colorado and need lit- ri�t amount of fertilizer, he . Saturday. Now they are le water, like Plains Yuccas, tested vasying.amounts on dif- thinking of ;nstan� a low {ig Blue Stem Grass, and Blue ferent crop areas. He found .flov� shower head. 7ax. To complete her garden, he covld,use less. � : �he also positioned rocks to • • Individuals can make a - Antrol weeds. This cnts dowa 9fter t�he enaluation process, • difference. in her need to use toxic weed. Dike atso decided to control . . ��. weeds differently. He For more information conta,ct: .- decreased his use of herbiaides Mational Drin���Pater Week . �a,nia, invested time and effort and added mechaaical weed Headquarters . a her project. She did lots of control. To ftu�ther safeguard . Americaa Water Works • iomework on types of plants, water, he removed aa old Associa.tion �repared the soil, aad did ail underground fuel ta.nk so it 6866 W. Quiacy Ave. � planting herself. She aow wouldn't leak. Denver, CO 8023� �as her 30 by 50 foot front , , (30� 7947711 �ard beautifully Iandscaped... . Dike ma.de ahanges�for trovo . � . aad she doesn't have to use reasons, one was ecoaomics, aPater to maintain it. � ' the other a desirs to be a good� � steward of water resources. . �_� 3ays�Dike, "I don't want to � •-�-� - - pike gui,combe , � spend any more money o Zimmerman, Minnesota. � tflizers �ha.n I need to, �:* 's.•-- also don't want to squee " ~ Since 1977, Dike Holcombe a few more bushels of _�. has beea growfng corn, sop• �� �.���. - . .+,r.L bea.ns, and alfalfa and raising . ;�;;�;` � � � ... . , • __ trncrions and • ` � . t0 t@[T10V@ qJt�D(1� � , th�s dotted lin@.� ��smonditions . �-- ---- --- ----------- ------------------- ---- ---- ------------------ ------ -- - -- � ` _ _ � . r - t - � ��aad ; • 0 L U E: T : N 1/ M ■ « . � ' l,l� . -1` e T - -L Q . Q' . . . _ ��� : ------------------------------------------- -------------------- , --- �ren�gs reature ; �arra bas been aauea'the t�ue p�anet. oceaas, clouds. ]ak�, rivers. and � , `�p ���� - i streams•malce it Iook blue.Prom ottter speae. Nevertheless, os�y abont one � rd for water. � perc�nt of ail the water ori Earth is avat]sble for� 000ldn� and a , i milliosi other t�ses. That's w�p l3avinq a Bhte'l�umb comes ia bsat�y. It � ��� i helps you t3ke caz'e oP our p;'ecfotts 3nd 1Tqnited water resotu�es. Post LhLg , � � log and check o�a.boa every ttme you vse your Blue Thumb. rtaers aad ; • � rticiPaats: ' ' � rase priat this log � � Turn of•f the water � Use less �eed killer � O . Whenyouu brush your � � and lawn and garden Your Publications � � y te.eth• ;. fertilizers• d/or loC3te the ' ' • � ' � . � aerareadyver- � Encourage yaur family to �' Talk �ith your rtQightrors ���b� , do the saae. . i about doirtg thQ sa�a• � � � , - cket of the folder •� ' . - , � . � . � , . . d pi�xit 3ud c13s- � , . . • ' � . " • . bute tt�ts log ; � Take dead batteries . ; O Write a letter to a raughoutyrnu, � s. and used n�otor oil -_� local official urg- � o � to special collec- - � � ing n�ore pro.tection mmunity ta � ; +' tion ce�ters• ; of water _sources- ;cvurage positive - � � � . tions for water. � � _ Help your Triends and � Send a copy af thn Int- � s . rtQighbors do the sa�a• i tQr io you� local n��s- � � � � � � paper• ,� _ . � . . � �O � � � _ � w . • � _ —.._---- . .--- � � . ' - . ; O Install a low-flow ; � . • ; ' shower head• ; O Attend a coa�munity ; ' � . �� �ater n�eeting• ' � � . , � TQII a Co�orkar ho� •uch ; i you save on ratar bills•• � Take a friand ++ith you. � ' � . � � , � . � . . ' .. � , � ----_ - - -----� --�-- - � ---- -. ._.._...._ ._ .._.._. . _ ... _ __...��__. . � - � . � �, � O � • ; Repair a leaky ; Q Every time you � faucet• � exercise your Blue � - � , � " � Thumb, you: give . ; , � ' . Sho� a triQnd hov• � ; drinking water a ha�d• . . � � . - . . � , . . � , � , � OA���icae 0later Yo�ks Association ' - i • Pardssian�is granted to tha �edia and National�D�inking Itatar Yaik ' � , participants to usa this Blu• Thu�b EiaCar` log fo� educational purposts•, • . � . , . � _ _ ' � . . . � . . . � �