World Water Monitoring Day & NLT Beach Cleanup

Sep 2, 2008

World Water Monitoring Day

Thursday, September 18, 2008

4 - 6 p.m.

Incline Village Public Works

1220 Sweetwater Road, Incline Village, NV

Join the Incline Village Waste Not Clean Water Team to be a part of World Water Monitoring Day!  Come help us sample Incline Village streams for water quality monitoring.  No previous experience is necessary.  Volunteers under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult.  Snacks will be provided.  Please reserve your spot on the Clean Water Team by Wednesday, September 17th—call 775-832-1284.         

World Water Monitoring Day is an international education and outreach program that builds public awareness and involvement in protecting water resources around the world by engaging citizens to conduct basic monitoring of their local water bodies.  The program begins on September 18th and concludes on October 18th, to recognize the anniversary of the U.S. Clean Water Act (1972).  Visit http://www.worldwatermonitoringday.org for more information.

North Lake Tahoe Beach Cleanup Day

Saturday, September 20, 2008

9 AM – 12 Noon

Tahoe’s North and East Shore Beaches

Support your local beaches for the North Lake Tahoe Beach Cleanup Day!  Volunteer to collect trash on Saturday, September 20th to be a part of International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day which hosts cleanups all over the world.

The amounts and types of trash collected will be recorded and data will be entered into the ICC global tracking records.  Bags will be provided.  Please bring gloves.

9 am Volunteer check-in at two locations: Sierra Nevada College (Patterson Hall), 999 Tahoe Blvd, Incline Village, NV, Info: IVGID Waste Not, 775-832-1284.  Kings Beach Recreation Area, Kings Beach, CA, Info: League to Save Lake Tahoe, 530-541-5388.  

Click here to see the flyer!