Water Day Program
An event for the kids (and adults). Get together and take a group of kids
Thanks: DC Green Muslims
World Water Day
Date: Thursday, March 27, 2008
Location: Koshland Science Museum
Time: 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Cost: $8/$5 for students
Age Range: 13+Participate in World Water Day with an in-depth look at safe drinking water and why it is essential. Roland Steiner and other experts will discuss the status of the local water supply, effects on regional water demand, and implications for global distribution.
Roland C. Steiner, Ph.D., P.E., serves as the Regional Water and Wastewater Manager at the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC). Prior to this position, he worked at the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin for 17 years on issues involving water supply, water quality, and associated land resources for the Washington, DC metropolitan area. In previous positions, he worked in England and Wales for national and regional water and wastewater management agencies, and taught Mathematics at the University of Baltimore. He is a Professional Engineer in Maryland, and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Water Works Association, and Water Environment Federation. Dr. Steiner is a member of the Water Science and Technology Board of the National Research Council.
Advance ticket purchase is recommended. Contact the Koshland Science Museum at 202-334-1201 or ksm@nas.edu for tickets.
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The Potomac River, while fascinating to look at, is also a scary looking River. It is sooo deep! It mskes me feel as I’m going to fall in it.
Water is definately essential, but thinking about what was said from yesterday about the things that is in today’s water is unbelivably bad: Antibiotics, anti-depressants, hormonal drugs etc. If people were to ingest all of those drugs as a whole, they would be dead in seconds or days.
It makes you wonder if there is a such thing as ” safe” water. Even with bottled water, there is no guaratee that it is safe. On top of that, a lot of dentists feel that bottled water is good for children because the lack of Flouride in it causes their teeth to rot.
I passed by a River on my way to the mall. I thought that I seen the real side of it until the drought: Old tires, wet paper, syringes car motors and and even far more disgusting things in the water. It was just plain nasty! Although some of these things has been in the river as early as the 1960’s, I cannot help to think of the trash that they were all ingesting back then and today.
There used to be a time where drinking the water was fine( or maybe not), but now the it’s slowly becoming a lethal drink for the people. I pray over nature( the water) because it’s becoming a danger to drink.