In recognition of World Water Month, Chester Ridley Crum Watersheds Association will host a forum on March 11 featuring the Philadelphia Global Water Initiative.

The forum will begin at 2 p.m. at Ridley Creek State Park mansion ballroom, with registration and refreshments beginning at 1:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Niva Kramek, University of Pennsylvania Earth Sciences Department, will be speaking more about World Water Month and Philadelphia Global Water Initiative, a public/private partnership based at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Godlove Fonjweng, Assistant Dean, who recently returned from Cameroon, will show a video and discuss his efforts to construct a reliable and affordable sustainable water supply for the region.

The Philadelphia Global Water Initiative was recently launched to promote safe water and sanitation by leading organizations and individuals worldwide to attain the U.N. Millennium Development Goals, to reduce by half the number of people in the world without access to safe drinking water and sanitation by 2015.

Other partners of the initative include Aqua America, Philadelphia Water Department and Pennoni Associates.

Registration is requested. Send registration information by email to: info@crcwatersheds.org or call 610-892-8731.

3/2/2007