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AGENDA                         LAS XVI                    October 9, 2002

Water Resources: Concerns and Actions
Southern Research Station Conference Room, 200 Weaver Boulevard

October 9, 2002

"It is extremely powerful for people to learn from their own experience of failure"
- Ronald Heifetz

Tom Sobol, former county commissioner and member of Regional Water Authority

9:30 Understanding and Preserving Water Quality

Rick Maas, director and professor, Environmental Studies Program, UNCA

10:15 Break

10:30 Understanding Effective Water Treatment

Thomas Hartye, director, Metropolital Sewerage District

11:15 Board bus

11:30 Waterways, Greenways and RiverLink Bus Tour and Lunch

Karen Cragnolin (LA 7), executive director, RiverLink
(pick up at City County Plaza)

1:30 Bus Trip and Tour of North Fork Reservoir

Stephanie Birnie, Regional Water Authority (pick up at City County Plaza)
Laurie Brokaw, Regional Water Authority

3:00 Return to Asheville

Suggested Activities and Volunteer Opportunities:

• NC Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way (Grounds daily 8-9, Visitor Center 8-5 M-S, Greenhouse 8-4 M-F; buildings also open 2nd and 4th Sundays 1:30-4:30)
• WNC Nature Center
• Botanical Gardens at UNCA
• French Broad River Park and Greenway

Special thanks to Hazel Fobes (LAS XI) and Joanne Cate (LAS XV)

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