Leadership Asheville Seniors                         LAS X                        October 30, 1996

 


Water, Water, Everywhere?  Protecting Our Resources

Metropolitan Sewerage District Supervisor's Office
Board Room, 2225 Riverside Drive

October 30, 1996

  

"Leadership means influencing the community to face its problems" - Ronald Heifetz

 

8:30     Coffee and muffins

8:40     Welcome and Overview of MSD Challenges, Costs, and Consequences
  Bill Mull, General Manager, Metropolital Sewerage District of Buncombe County

9:00     Are We Maintaining Quality Water Sources?
             Harold Saylor, Division of Environmental Health, NC DEHNR
             Mike Holcombe, Director, Asheville Water Resources Department
             Bill Eaker, Director of Environmental Programs, Land-of-Sky Regional Council

10:00   Break

10:15   Are We Protecting Water Supplies?
             Chris Hite, Hydrogeological Technician, Ground Water Section, NC DEHNR
             Max Haner, Environmental Chemist, Division of Water Quality, NC DEHNR
             Bob Hunter, General Services Director (solid waste), Buncombe County

11:15   Are Our Approaches to Water Sources and Quality Politically, Economically and Environmentally Sound?
   Rick Maas, Professor of Environmental Studies, UNCA

12:15   Lunch

1:00     Metropolital Sewerage District Plant Tour
              Mark Fender, Asst. Superintendent of Operations, Wastewater Treatment Plant

3:00     Where Do We Go From Here
              Day in Review

 

Special thanks to Doug Lowery (LAS IX) and Richard Esperon (LAS IX)

 

Suggested Activities:

           Volunteer to stencil storm drains with Land-of-Sky Regional Council.  
            
Call Stephanie    Morton (251-6622).

            Volunteer for Quality Forward's river cleanup.  Call Susan Roderick (254-1776).

           Volunteer for Land-of-Sky's Waste Reduction and Technology Transfer (WRATT Program) Call Gordon (251-6622).

 

  

 
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