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From: <bsinclair @nc.rr.com> <br />Date: Tue, Aug 11, 2015 <br />Subject: Re: Town of Chapel Hill, NC: Water Pollution Prevention Video Receives National Award <br />Chapel Hill Water Pollution Prevention Video Receives National Award <br />August 11, 2015 <br />A video produced by UNC's Institute for the Environment (UNC -IE) and the Town of Chapel Hill's <br />Stormwater Management Division won the Water Environment Federation's (WEF) 2015 StormTV <br />Project award in the training category. The link is at: httD:/ bit.ly /1DHZSw3 <br />WEF is a non - profit technical and educational organization representing water quality <br />professionals around the world. <br />The winning video, Keep Restaurant Pollution and Profits From Going Down the Stormwater Drain <br />(http: bit.ly /lDHZSw3), as well as its companion video in Spanish (http: bit.ly /lMguYwm), will <br />be added to WEF's StormTV Project's listings on YouTube and will be featured in the awards <br />ceremony during WEF's conference in Chicago in September. The conference is the world's largest <br />annual water quality conference. <br />The video was produced as part of a local pollution prevention training program created for <br />restaurant workers. The program addresses stormwater runoff pollution and the need to prevent <br />dumping detergents, grease and organic matter from bars and restaurants into storm drains. The <br />Wallace Genetic Foundation helped to fund the effort. The Chapel Hill Restaurant Group provided <br />use of Mez and Squid's for filming the restaurant scenes. <br />The video and other free outreach materials help restaurant owners and employees become aware <br />of the storm drain system, learn about local watersheds and understand how they can prevent <br />water pollution. Since the training program began in Chapel Hill, restaurant employees have <br />reduced the number of dumping violations, and several local businesses have invested in <br />constructing or improving washout areas to avoid sending detergents, bacteria and organic matter <br />into storm drains and local creeks. <br />Restaurant training materials are posted on the Town of Chapel Hill's website under Stormwater <br />Management (httD: / bit.ly 1UzecLI Chapel Hill restaurants may call Stormwater Management for <br />free training presentations. For more information, contact Wendy Smith at 919 - 969 -7246 or <br />wwsmith @townofchapelhilLor. <br />