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Reclaiming Our Rivers

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

CONTACT: Julia Robey Christian, PIO, 202.741.0842 desk, 202.450.7878 cell, [email protected]

DDOE ANNOUNCES “RECLAIMING OUR RIVERS” SERIES OF
COMMUNITY MEETINGS STARTING JUNE 17

WASHINGTON, DC, June 16, 2015—The District Department of the Environment (DDOE) announced today that it will host a series of four community meetings this June focused on restoring the District’s rivers. These meetings will inform the public about sources of pollution, District programs to clean up that pollution, and ways residents can get involved. 

“Our rivers and streams are impacted by pollution from many sources, and the District is making huge strides to address them on all fronts,” said DDOE Director Tommy Wells. “From innovative and rigorous programs to reduce stormwater runoff, to creative approaches for eliminating trash and litter, to responding to the legacy of industrial contamination in the Anacostia River, the District is putting in place the tools we need to ensure our waters are healthy, safe, and clean for future generations.”

WHAT: DDOE’s “Reclaiming Our Rivers” Community Meetings

DATES:           
June 17: Mt. Pleasant Library
3160 16th Street NW | Metro: Columbia Heights

June 23: Friendship Public Charter School - Collegiate Academy
4095 Minnesota Avenue NE | Metro: Minnesota Avenue

June 24: St. Coletta of Greater Washington
1901 Independence Avenue SE | Metro: Stadium-Armory

June 30: Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter School
2427 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE | Metro: Anacostia

TIMES: All meetings will be open house style from 6:30 to 8:30pm with a presentation from 7 to 7:30pm

NOTE: All four meetings are designed to be similar in scope. Meetings are open to the public and no RSVP is required.

For more information, visit http://ddoe.dc.gov/event/reclaiming-our-rivers or  contact Jonathan Champion, Branch Chief for Planning and Reporting, DDOE Stormwater Management Division at (202) 535-1722 or by email at  [email protected].