Tonight, the Chittenden Regional Planning Commission, Lewis Creek Association and Responsible Growth Hinesburg are teaming up to raise awareness of water issues in the LaPlatte River watershed region.

Water Matters Part 4
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Hinesburg Town Hall
7:00-9:00 PM

We hope members of Conservation Commissions, Selectboards, Planning Commissions and community members in the LaPlatte Watershed towns and neighboring towns, will attend. Please come if you are interested to learn more or help manage stormwater for improved local water quality, and ultimately a cleaner Lake Champlain.

Charlie Baker from Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission will emcee the event.
Neil Kamman from the Department of Environmental Conservation will present the State’s brand new online “Clean Water Roadmap”. This is Vermont's new tool designed to track progress in water quality improvement using best available computer modeling information.
Krista Hoffsis, Lewis Creek Association and South Chittenden River Watch Program Coordinator, will present the LaPlatte region water quality scorecard, a map tool depicting the actual monitoring results of stream pollution in Shelburne, Hinesburg and Charlotte. Stream sampling work is provided by South Chittenden River Watch citizen volunteers with financial support from VT DEC, Shelburne and Charlotte..
Finally, we will learn about Lewis Creek Association’s Ahead of the Storm program (AOTS), which hosts water quality improvement locations around the watershed to showcase new water quality improvement practice designs. With funding support from the Lake Champlain Basin Program and LCA, nine AOTS sites were identified on the CVU campus by consulting engineers at Milone and MacBroom working with CVU staff and student scientists. We will hear from three CVU students and learn about CVU’s specific water quality improvement designs as well as their implementation, and long-term stewardship plans.
At 8:30 we will enjoy dessert and conversation before the evening ends. Hope to see you tonight!

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