Water Forum: What You Can Do To Tackle Local Water Concerns

31 Jul 2014

Transition Asheville and WaterLinks, PLLC, sponsors of the Water Sustainability Initiative (WSI), together with the Lenoir-Rhyne Center for Graduate Studies of Asheville and the United Nations Association of Western North Carolina, are presenting a water forum titled "What You Can Do To Tackle Local Water Concerns." The water forum will be held at the Board Room of the Lenoir-Rhyne Center for Graduate Studies of Asheville, in the Chamber of Commerce Building at 36 Montford Avenue in Asheville, 6-9 pm, on July 31, 2014.

The evening will include the experiences of individuals, current updates, and potential solutions for everyday citizens to use to address water-related issues found in recent Asheville news reports.

The topics and speakers will include:

Excessive Rain Events
o Dr. Charles O'Cain, resident of Sunset Mountain
o Rick Wooten, Sr. Geologist for Geohazards and Engineering Geology, NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Asheville Water System
o Barry Summers, Save Our Water, WNC
o Ivan Thomas, Operations Manager, City of Asheville Water Resources

Hominy Creek Spill
o Eric Bradford, Asheville Greenworks
o Chuck Cranford, Water Quality, Asheville Regional Office Supervisor, NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources

CTS Site
o Lee Ann Smith, Protecting Our Water and Environmental Resources
o Jeff Wilcox, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, University of North Carolina, Asheville

Coal ash ponds
o Emma Greenbaum, Sierra Club.

Water Forum organizer Sherry Ingram, Professional Geologist and Lead Person on the WSI, will present some simple demonstrations that will show why the solutions offered by the WSI - plants, tanks, earthworks, and community engagement - can address not only drought and flood conditions but contamination as well.

Contact info: Sherry Ingram 828-779-1895
SIngram@WaterLinksPLLC.com