-----Original Message----- From: Mark Boyden < To: CanoeTX <cano...@world.std.com> Sent: Fri, Apr 8, 2011 3:37 pm Subject: [CanoeTX] Fwd: Austin LoWV: Water Resources (Sun Apr 10) Thought this might be of interest to some on this group. Just got it myself. -Mark ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Austin League of Women Voters<s2sni...@gmail.com> Sent: Thu, April 7, 2011 2:55:08 PM Subject: Austin League of Women Voters Press Announcement League of Women Voters Austin Area FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Karen Haschke, 512.345.8159 karenhasc...@sbcglobal.net Frances McIntyre, 512.451.1551 mcintyre.fran...@gmail.com LWV-Austin Hosts April 10 Meeting to Examine how Population Growth and Drought Are Affecting Austin's Water Resources The dramatic increase in population in Texas over the past decade, as well as the current state-wide drought, compel us to take another look at Austin's water resources. The public is invited to join this discussion, where we will be looking at groundwater resources and conservation as a means to address regional water needs. Karen Haschke, LWV-Austin member and Lower Colorado Regional Planning Group Member, will chair the meeting.She will be joined by John Dubnik and Abigail Webster, who will also offer their insights on this topic.John Dubnik is a geoscientist from the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District and Abigail Webster is from the Water Conservation Division of the City of Austin Water/Waste Water Department. The water resources meeting will be held at Congregation Beth Israel Chapel, 3901 Shoal Creek Blvd., from 2:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. on Sunday, April 10. Parking is available in the Beth Israel parking lot. League members and the general public are invited to attend. The League of Women Voters of the Austin Area is a nonpartisan, all-volunteer organization that promotes civic participation and education in all aspects of our democracy. Membership in the League is open to both men and women. For more information visit www.lwvaustin.org. # # #
