DC WASA and DC Mayors Office on Latino Affairs (OLA)Co-Sponsor Free Informational Fair & Community Cookout
The DC Water and Sewer Authority (DC WASA) and The DC Mayors Office on Latino Affairs (OLA) are co-hosting the second annual FOR A BETTER HOME, FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY informational event in a Latino community of the District on Saturday, June 6, 2009 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at All Souls Church, located at 1500 Harvard Street, NW.
The purpose of the free event is to promote environmental and personal health and to provide important information about critical utility services. Utilities, conservation groups, Latino services and DC agencies will be exhibiting. There will be demos and workshops on conservation of water, recycling and composting. Demonstrations will be ongoing throughout the day and at the specific times listed below. Interpreters and bilingual staff will be able to provide information in English and Spanish.
DC WASA will provide information on billing, how to read the bill, language line options, and other customer services; construction activities, the fire hydrant program, careers at DC WASA and how to do business with the Authority. The District Department of the Environment will be represented by the Watershed Protection Division, the Environmental Protection Division and the Energy Office.
Additionally, La Clinica del Pueblo will offer free health screenings and health counseling. A complete listing of attendees follows below.
The event is free and welcome to all. It features a free community cookout for lunch and various free childrens activities.
Workshop/Demonstration Schedule
12:45 Water Conservation in the Home DC WASA
1:00 Ins & Outs of Rain Barrels Anacostia Watershed Society
1:15 Apartment-scale Composting Carbon-Free DC
1:30 Fire Hydrants DC WASA
Participating Organizations
Environmental
1. Malcolm Pirnie, Inc
2. District Department of the Environment, Watershed Protection
3. District Department of the Environment, Environmental Protection
4. Anacostia Watershed Society
Utility
5. DC Water and Sewer Authority (7 departments)
6. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
7. DC Energy Office
Health
8. La Clinica del Pueblo (6 stations)
Community Services
9. Office of the Peoples Counsel
10. Office on Latino Affairs
11. Department of Public Works, Recycling
12. Metropolitan Police Department, LLU
13. Fire and Emergency Medical Services
14. Boys Town-DC (foster care)
15. Latin American Youth Center
16. DC College Savings Plan
17. DC Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking
18. US Social Security Administration
19. US Census Bureau
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About The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC WASA) is an industry-leading authority of District government that provides drinking water and wastewater collection and treatment for a population of more than 500,000 in the District of Columbia. DC WASA also treats wastewater for a population of 1.6 million in Montgomery and Prince Georges counties in Maryland, and Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia. The Authority operates the worlds largest advanced wastewater treatment plant, with a capacity of 370 million gallons per day and a peak daily capacity of more than a billion gallons. DC WASAs service area covers approximately 725 square miles.
About The Mayors Office on Latino Affairs
OLAs mission is to improve the quality of life of the Districts Latino population by providing services that will enable Latino community members to have access to a full range of health, education, housing, economic development, and employment services.
