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Water Use |
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By Peg Lantz
The kids visited by BCCA's Education Committee, Lucy Cogswell and Sandy Young, know where their water comes from ---from the Aquifer, under their feet. The supply, we are finding out, is not unlimited. Statewide, the average water consumption rate is 175 gallons per person per day! That's an enormous amount! How much do you drink and use for cooking and bathing? Is the rest of yours used on your lawn and flushing the toilet?
Water users appear to be unaffected by the cost of water. If rates are implemented that are tied to water consumption, 70% pay no attention. >more
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Mother Nature |
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By Lucy Cogswell
The sun is coming up over the lake and the fog is lifting. The water is calm. A pink glow is on the eastern horizon. Rowers in their crew shells begin practicing their strokes. The whirlpools from their oars live long lives because the water is like glass, the spreading circles giving evidence of their effort long after the shell has passed.
The smooth surface of early morning hours also brings the barefoot skiers to the lake, they skim along at 40+ mph, feeling the perfect water through their whole being. ..... cont, >more
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2012 Brackney Scholarship Now Available
Sponsored by Education Committee
The Education Committee of the BCCA proudly announces that the
Edwin and Paula Brackney Environmental Scholarship 2012
$1,000 max for high school
$1,000 for college
is now available for applications from applicants entering their junior or senior year of college in a Florida college or university, as well as high school seniors from Olympia High School, Dr. Phillips High School, West Orange High School, Windermere Preparatory, Bishop Moore, Lake Highland Preparatory and qualified home schooled students.
Deadline for HS Applications March 15th, 2012
Deadline for College Applications June 1st, 2012
Please download application and mail to
Brackney Scholarship
c/o BCCA
POBox 405
Windermere, FL 34786
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