Chesapeake Bay Will Be Site of First World Water Monitoring Day Event 10/13/2003
From: Cathy Milbourn of the EPA, 202-564-7824, milbourn.cathy@epa.gov, or Ross Simons of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 443-482-2205 News Advisory: To celebrate the first World Water Monitoring Day, national, state and local officials will join local high school students on a water monitoring excursion on the Rhode River and the Chesapeake Bay. The students, who are enrolled in the Student Training in Aquatic Research (STAR) program at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Maryland, will sample fish, plankton and water quality. The first World Water Monitoring Day will help educate people in all nations on the value of clean water and the role of water quality monitoring. WHO: Acting EPA Administrator Marianne Horinko, President of America's Clean Water Foundation Roberta Savage, Smithsonian Undersecretary for Science David Evans, and Ross Simons, Director of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Students from C. H. Flowers High School in Prince George's County and South River High School in Anne Arundel County will also attend. WHAT: World Water Monitoring Day Celebration monitoring and cruise with the EPA and Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) and students on a 41 foot NOAA coastal research vessel. WHEN: Friday, October 17 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, Maryland Directions: http://www.serc.si.edu/SERC_web_html/location.htm In recognition of the global importance of World Water Monitoring Day, Smithsonian will be webcasting the days events live on their web sites: http://smithsonian.tv/videos/serc/ Reporters, photographers and film crews are invited to cover the event. The day of the event contact Pamela Grant at 314-712-8234 |