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 Supporting Organizations:
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF MARIN
DEMOCRACY FOR AMERICA-MARIN (DFA-Marin)
MARIN PEACE & JUSTICE COALITION
Elected Officials:
Mayor LEW TREMAINE, Fairfax;
Vice-mayor LARRY BRAGMAN, Fairfax;
Councilmember PAM HARTWELL-HERRERO, Fairfax;
Councilmember JOHN REED, Fairfax;
Former mayor MARYANN MAGGIORE, Fairfax;
Councilmember RUPERT RUSSELL, Ross;
Councilmember KAY COLEMAN, San Anselmo;
Councilmember JEFF KROOT, San Anselmo;
Vice-mayor FORD GREENE, San Anselmo;
Former mayor PAUL CHIGNELL, San Anselmo;
Former Vice-mayor NICCOLO CALDARARO, Fairfax;
Trustee DIANA CONTI, College of Marin;
Trustee JENNIFER RIENKS, Marin Healthcare Distrist;
Boardmember SUE BROWN, Ross Valley Sanitary District;
Boardmember PAT GUASCO, Ross Valley Sanitary District;
Boardmember MARCIA JOHNSON, Ross Valley Sanitary District;
Boardmember DR. PETER SULLIVAN, Ross Valley Sanitary District;
Boardmember PAM MEIGS RN, Ross Valley Sanitary District;
Councilmember DEBRA FUDGE, Windsor;
Mayor SAM SALMON, Windsor;
Councilmember TIFFANY RENEE, Petaluma;
Mayor SUSAN GORIN, Santa Rosa;
Boardmember ELIZABETH SAPANAI, Stinson Beach
County Water Board;
Councilmember VERONICA JACOBI, Santa Rosa;
Treasurer BARBARA L. PETTY, Fairfax;
Boardmember DENNIS WELSH, Novato Sanitary District;
Other Community Leaders and Supporters:
NORMAN SOLOMON, Author;
PETER B. COLLINS, Radio/TV Host;
ESTER WANNING, Co-Director, Health Care for All-Marin*;
MICHAEL STOCKER, Executive Director,
Ocean Conservation Research*;
BARBARA BARRIGAN-PARRILLA, Campaign Director,
Restore the Delta*;
LISE STAMPFLI TORME, Flood Mitigation League of Ross Valley*;
MARY BETH BRAGAN, Co-founder,
Ecological Options Network (EON)*;
BARBARA GEORGE, Women’s Energy Matters*;
PAUL APFFEL, Democratic Central Committee Marin*;
ANDREW HYMAN, Democratic Central Committee Marin*;
EVELYN WOO, 6th Assembly District Democrats*;
CAROL NELSON, Democratic Central Committee Marin;
REGINA CAREY, Democratic Central Committee Marin;
DOTTY LEMIEUX, Democratic Central Committee Marin;
LYNNE WASLEY, Democratic Central Committee of Marin;
DR. MICHELLE PERRO, Urgent Care Physician;
ALEXANDER BINIK, Exec. Director, DE-Toxics Institute*;
DR. JOHN SEVERINGHAUS, Former Director,
Marin Healthcare District;
PHILIP H. ARNOT, SGV Environmentalist;
JIM GERAGHTY, Marin Peace and Justice Coalition*;
MARY JO RICE, Earth Island Institute*
MARK SQUIRE, Good Earth Natural Foods*;
PETER LACQUES, Fairfax Planning Commissioner &
MMWD candidate, Division 2;
JAMES HEDDLE, Co-founder,
Eocological Options Network (EON)*;
WHITNEY MERCHENT, Founder,
Sustainable San Anselmo*;
ANN SPAKE, Sustainable Almonte*;
GINGER SOUDERS-MASON, Pesticide Free Zone*;
ESSIE BLAU, RN. former Director, Marin Healthcare District;
LORI GRACE, California Election Protection Network*;
BERT BARTSCH
CHRISTY SLOAN, founder, Smart Warrior Marin
DR. ED BOYCE,
EILEEN SIEDMAN,
MARIA CRAFT-NETO,
DAVID SMEDBECK, Realtor,
JON MARCHANT, Realtor
DAVID RANDOLPH, President, Marin coalition*;
BRUCE ACKERMAN, Fairfax GPAC*;
BARBARA SYKES, Marin Peace and Justice Coalition*;
LOWELL SYKES, Marin Peace and Justice Coalition*;
NORMAN CARLIN, Marin Peace and Justice Coalition*;
DIANE HOFFMAN
BARRY TARANTO
CHRISTY SLOAN
DAVID WIENTJES
BARBARA WIENTJES
TINA KROOT
JAY WOOD
PEARL CHIGNELL
OLIVIA CHIGNELL
RONA WEINTROB
JAMES ALLEN
TERRY BALESTRIERE
ELINOR SEVERINGHAUS
STEPHANIE DE SALVO
ELIZABETH BELL
MARK BELL
PATTY BREDT
SHEILA BRYANT
STEWART BRYANT
DON CARNEY
JO CARSON
BASIA CRANE, Marin Coalition*;
MICHAEL DALY, Actor;
HOLLY BRAGMAN, Fairfax Ecofest Coordinator;
HANNAH DORESS, Performing Arts Event Coordinator, SGVCC*;
ALEX EASTON-BROWN
KEN FOX, West Marin Salmonid Advocate;
HELEN FAUSS, Fairfax Open Space Committee*;
JANE GILL, California Groundwater Resource Association*;
DAVID GLICK, MFT
TERRY GOYAN, Fairfax Planning Commissioner;
ERIC HARR, Health and Fitness Expert, CBS News;
CHARLES HICKOX
PATRICE HICKOX
VALERI HOOD, Fairfax Tomorrow*;
RUTH HORN, Fairfax Open Space Committee*;
PETER HUNTER
ANNE HUNTER
CORNELIUS KEANE
JODY KEANE
PATRICIA G. LESAVOY, PHD.
DIANE MILLS
CELA O’CONNOR
JOHN O’CONNOR
JIM RICE
SANDY ROSS, Marin Health Council*;
FRANCOIS SAINT GASSIES
SUE SEVERIN RN,
JOSIE SHAIKEN
STEVE SHAIKEN
ANN SHELDON
ZHENYA SPAKE, Marin Water Coalition*;
GENE SPAKE, Marin Water coalition*;
WARREN WATKINS, North Coast Rivers Alliance*;
KERRY STOEBNER, Marin Water Coalition*;
ZHENYA SPAKE, Marin Peace & Justice Coalition;
LOUISE YOST
JOAN RIPPLE
ANNETTE THAN
NAN DALY
NATILIE HICKS
FLETCHER RUHKE
TONY YUDICE
MARIA ELENA PEREZ
BARBARA SYKES, Marin Peace & Justice Coalition;
CELA O’CONNOR
JOHN O’CONNOR
ARTHUR MORITZ
BERNIE STEPHAN
LINDSEY VUTEK
DAVID HASKELL
SUE SEVERIN
CRAIG SLATER, Marin Peace & Justice Coalition;
MARITA MAYER
JOHN REYNOLDS
COLLEEN ROSE
RALPH HOLT
BRAD FLAHARTY
ALAN BARNETT
PATRICIA MURRAY
DAVID QUIMBLY
JOANIE LEVINSON, Marin Water Coalition*;
GAYLE MILLS
GEORGE MILLS
ALLEN BLAU
INGRID WEISS
LEONARD WEISS
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*Organization names and titles are used for identification purposes only and do not imply an official endorsement by the organization.
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Conservation/Recycling/Reuse.
Oct 17, 05:48 PM– Can Marin once again become a leader in the state for water conservation? You bet we can.
Frank Egger has a conservation/recycling/reuse plan and knows we can reduce our potable water usage by 1/3 and not effect our quality of life. The Central Marin Sanitary Agency’s sewer treatment plant in San Rafael dumps 8-11 million gallons of treated waste water every day into SF bay. No reclaimation, no recycling, no reuse. That water needs to be properly treated and used for non-potable applications. MMWD top ten water users include three golf courses and they should use reclaimed water for irrigation
San Quentin State Prison, Marin’s largest water user, sits just over the hill from the CMSA’s plant. Hundreds of thousands of gallons of water are flushed weekly down SQ’s thousands of toilets. The state needs to retrofit its plumbing system to be able to use reclaimed water to flush those toilets. SQ is scheduled to build a new six-story prison facility and is looking at building a five-story healthcare facility. MMWD must demand that if the state ever builds new facilities, they be double plumbed. If they want our water they must meet our requirements.
Italy is so far ahead of us in water conservation from their high tech toilets, to reusing gray water and rainwater catchment tanks. Marin can take a lesson from the Italians.
Right next to us in Sonoma County, Infineon Raceway at Sears Point has joined the 21st century in conserving water and is not only saving over a million gallons of water a year by using Falcon waterless lavatory technologies but also saving a lot of money. Falcon waterless technologies can be installed in large public and commercial buildings around the county for major water savings.
The owners will also save on water bills. MMWD must reinstate rebates for its customers.
Aside from San Quentin, irrigation is the largest single use of our potable water, 1/3. Falcon waterless technologies also makes gray water systems for single family homes and if elected Frank will push for rebates for Marin residents who install these water saving devices for yard irrigation.
Large landscaped areas should be irrigated with reclaimed water. It means investing in double piping and moving reclaimed water around for irrigation.
MMWD needs to be helping our cities, towns and school districts meet their water conservation goals. We can do the same for home owners and rather than adding new penalties to them for high water use, we need to help them reduce their usage. I.E. High tech moisture sensing systems can be installed. Ever see the sprinklers on a ballfield going on a rainy day? We can not only save water but save our customers money.
Four years ago I proposed dredging/excavating our 7 reservoirs to return them to their orignal capacity adding 7% in storage. This can be accomplished over a number of years emptying them down into the next one at a time. Alpine and Kent can be dredged.
Countries such as Italy, Japan, Sweden and Australia are way ahead of us just in double flush toilet technology. We can make the same conversions right here in Marin and save millions of gallons of water a year in flushing. We must adopt a sustainable water plan and invest a fraction of the costs of a desal plant into conservation, recycling and reuse.
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