Summit to explore clean water issues
The global need for water and the local response will be addressed at the Fifth Annual DuPage Environmental Summit, "Clean Water: We Can't Live Without It!," from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 9 in the Krasa Student Center on the campus of Benedictine University in Lisle.
Scientists, elected officials, engineers and health professionals will be among those featured in the program. The summit will include remarks by DuPage County Board Chairman Robert J. Schillerstrom, Conservation Foundation president and chief executive officer Brook McDonald, and DuPage Environmental Commission Chairman Jack Sheaffer.
Topics that will be addressed include "Local Initiatives" with Larry Cox of the DuPage River Salt Creek Work Group; "Funding Stormwater and Water Quality in DuPage" with Tony Charlton of DuPage County; "Opportunities for Reuse of Wastewater" with David Mullan of Shaeffer International; and "Water Conservation at Home and Business" with Marcus de la fleur of Conservation Design Forum.
The summit is sponsored by the DuPage Environmental Commission, The Conservation Foundation, the DuPage County Board Environmental Committee, the DuPage Community Foundation, SCARCE, the University of Illinois Extension and Benedictine University.
Attendees to the "no waste, environmentally friendly" event are asked to bring their own containers for beverages and a reusable bag for summit materials. Carpooling is also recommended. The Conservation Foundation has donated a rain barrel that will be awarded in a raffle.
The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required by Jan. 7. To register, call (630) 428-4500, ext. 10, or e-mail cthompson@theconservationfoundation.org.
The Conservation Foundation is a nonprofit land and watershed protection organization.
Established in 1972 by business and community leaders, the foundation is dedicated to preserving open space and natural lands, protecting rivers and watersheds, and promoting stewardship of the environment in northeast Illinois.
Working closely with citizens, elected officials, developers, land-use planners, park districts and forest preserves, the foundation has contributed to the protection of more than 30,000 acres of open space in northeast Illinois.
The Conservation Foundation has more than 4,500 donors and members, and is headquartered at the 60-acre McDonald Farm in Naperville, with a program office at the historic Dickson-Murst Farm in Montgomery.
For more information or to become a member, visit www.theconservationfoundation.org or call (630) 428-4500.