Santa Fe River Clean-Up March 7, 2009

For more information contact:
Pam Shamel, 352-392-5551, ext. 1134

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Clean-up Project of North Central Florida Water Resources

(Gainesville, FL – February 2009) WUFT-TV and Current Problems are partnering to conduct a cleanup on the Santa Fe River on Saturday, March 7. Meet at the River Ramp in High Springs at 9 am. and work will continue until 2 p.m. Volunteers will work on land in McCall Park, in the river floodplain, and upstream and downstream on the river in canoes. Lunch will be served to all who participate.

To register for the event call Fritzi Olson at 352-264-6827 or email at aar@currentproblems.org. Registration deadline Thursday, March 5 at noon. Also, check out our web site for map location: http://www.wuft.tv/liquidassets/

The work site is a fantastic example of how water systems in this community work and represents the direct relationship between land activities, surface water, the ground water – which ultimately is the springs water – especially since a few siphons are located on this part of the river.

In order to sponsor this cleanup, WUFT was awarded a grant from the documentary, “Liquid Assets: The Story of Our Water Infrastructure," produced by WPSU at Pennsylvania State University. It tells the story of America’s distressed essential infrastructure systems: drinking water, wastewater, and storm water. These complex and aging systems—some in the ground for more than 150 years—are critical components for basic sanitation, health, public safety, economic development, and a host of other necessities of life.

Other partners involved in this cleanup are Adventure Outpost, Alachua County, CCDA Waters, Karst Environmental, Karst Productions, & Santa Fe Canoe Outpost