The Oregon Well Water Program: Training for Community Volunteers Doing Drinking Water Protection Outreach
Presented by: Gail Glick Andrews, Oregon State University Extension Service

For the past five years, the EPA-funded Oregon Home*A*Syst Well Water Program has trained community volunteers, student interns, and agency professionals to work on local drinking water outreach projects. This session will cover: 1) recruiting team members; 2) an overview of a typical training through the use of a role playing activity and a hypothetical assessment; 3) designing projects to match communities’ needs and the team’s strengths; 4) a description of some successful outreach projects, including a door-to-door project and drop-in well water clinics with nitrate testing; and 5) an open discussion of “big-picture” implications based on successes, disappointments, and real-world constraints.

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