COD to Host 'Got H2O: Water Resource Challenges Facing Northeastern Illinois' April 20

College of DuPage will host "Got H2O: Water Resource Challenges Facing Northeastern Illinois" Natural Resource Symposium from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 20, in the Student Services Center, Room 3245, on the College's Glen Ellyn campus, 425 Fawell Blvd.

This event is free and open to the public.

Funded by the COD Foundation and sponsored by the COD Environmental Club, this symposium will explore the contemporary challenges for sustainable management of water resources in northeastern Illinois with a special emphasis on Lake Michigan, local public water supply and watersheds in DuPage county.

"Through this symposium, we hope to inform people about current issues and challenges related to water resource protection and inspire them to take part in positive change and responsible stewardship of our natural resources," said Diana Strode, COD Earth Sciences assistant professor. "These challenges impact our daily life and will be a factor in the quality of people's lives in the future."

During the symposium, keynote speaker Daniel Injerd, former Chief of Lake Michigan Management and current Director of the Office of Water Resources in the Illinois Department of Resources, will discuss sustainable water supply planning in Northeastern Illinois.

Additional speakers include Utilities Superintendent for Glen Ellyn Public Works John Hubsky and Senior Engineer of Glen Ellyn Public Works Rich Daubert who will discuss the Glen Ellyn water supply system. In addition, Director of DuPage County Stormwater Management office Anthony Charlton will present

"Sustainable Management of SubURBAN Water Resources" and Program Manager of the DuPage River Salt Creek Workgroup Stephen McCracken will provide an overview of "Watershed Planning for Meeting the Aquatic Life Goal."

In conjunction with the symposium and as part of the College's Sustainability Film and Discussion Series, a free screening of the film "Living Downstream," based on the book by ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., will be shown at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 19, in the Health and Science Center, Room 1234, followed by a question and answer session after the film. Prior to this screening, SCARCE and the COD Environmental Club will demonstrate the Enviroscape Watershed Model, designed to show point and non-point source pollution. This screening is sponsored by the COD Foundation and the COD Library.

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