PROTECTING OUR WATER AT THE SOURCE REGIONAL CONFERENCE DATE: Saturday November 15, 2003 TIME: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm PLACE: Four Points Sheraton -400 Hamline Avenue North, St. Paul, MN 55104 (Located just off Interstate-94) Free parking at hotel. Free shuttle available to the airport and the Mall of America. PRICE: $25 (a limited number of scholarships are available) Source Water is… "untreated water from streams, rivers, lakes, or underground aquifers which is used to supply private wells and public drinking water" (Source: EPA). CONFERENCE GOALS Learn about Source Water Assessment and Protection programs in the Midwest: --Discuss the benefits of protecting water at the source and the challenges inhibiting the effectiveness of the process --Address status of Source Water Assessment program and current policies --Find out what communities are doing to protect their water --Discover how to use such programs to better protect our health Discuss emerging issues in the field, including: --Surface water protection --Groundwater protection --Stormwater regulation --Sprawl and Smart Growth --Contaminants of concern --Clean Water Act/Safe Drinking Water Act programmatic connections Plan a future course of action: --Identify means to overcome challenges --Identify tools for addressing drinking water protection --Identify current policy gaps to protect our water Please RSVP so we can make reservations for food and lodging. Register on-line at www.cleanwateraction.org Clean Water Fund has a limited number of travel and lodging scholarships. For more information, call or email Patience Caso at 612-623-3666 or [log in to unmask] Sponsored by: Clean Water Fund, Clean Water Action Alliance of MN, Clean Water Network, and Campaign for Safe and Affordable Drinking Water This conference is funded in part by a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Erin E. Jordahl Director, Iowa Chapter Sierra Club 3839 Merle Hay Road, Suite 280 Des Moines, IA 50310 515-277-8868 [log in to unmask] www.iowa.sierraclub.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Make your voice heard! Find out how to get Take Action Alerts and other important Sierra Club messages by email at: http://www.sierraclub.org/email