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Transcripts For SFGTV 20130726

One outcome of that is anecdotally, people told us that they started to drink more water once they understood where it comes from. But also as people had Water Quality concerns, some of the concerns that christina alluded to in her presentation, people started calling 311 more. So, we had a 10 increase in Water Quality concerns and that again became another vehicle to talk to people about where their water came from to test to make sure the water was safe and assure them that, you know, in fact it was safe to drink. We also do tours of our water system. So, Community Residents and organization has an opportunity to go up to hetch hetchy to see the water system at work. Supervisor cohen has been a big supporter of the Youth Internship Program we do in th ....

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Transcripts For SFGTV 20130728

Concerns that christina alluded to in her presentation, people started calling 311 more. So, we had a 10 increase in Water Quality concerns and that again became another vehicle to talk to people about where their water came from to test to make sure the water was safe and assure them that, you know, in fact it was safe to drink. We also do tours of our water system. So, Community Residents and organization has an opportunity to go up to hetch hetchy to see the water system at work. Supervisor cohen has been a big supporter of the Youth Internship Program we do in the summer for around the sewer system. So, actually right now we have a number of young people from the bayview Hunters Point who participated this summer at hetch hetchy right now. So, it wa ....

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Transcripts For SFGTV 20130729

Were asking specifically about the tap stations in schools or tap stations outdoors, so both. So, for outdoors, tap stations were determined based on use by the public. So, theyre in large public open spaces such as Golden Gate Park and Yerba Buena Center for the arts as well as the airport. Just because of the congregation of people that go there. The schools were determined by [speaker not understood] not going to be receiving prop a bond fund from the 2006 or 2011 bond schedule. So, 2003 bond schools, some of them went through all their renovation and didnt receive a new Drinking Water fountain in the place where, you know, theyre served or eaten. So, that list of schools contained about 50 schools and then we went in and determined what the short list was of schools that also didnt have a
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Transcripts For SFGTV 20130801

Concerned about Water Quality issues, is to call 311. But it also began to be a vehicle to talk about where, you know, our pristine hetch hetchy water. It was a really successful a successful education program. We saw the signs on muni bus station, you saw them on tv. And what actually happened as one outcome of that is anecdotally, people told us that they started to drink more water once they understood where it comes from. But also as people had Water Quality concerns, some of the concerns that christina alluded to in her presentation, people started calling 311 more. So, we had a 10 increase in Water Quality concerns and that again became another vehicle to talk to people about where their water came from to test to make sure the water was safe and assure them that, you know, in fact it was safe to drink. We also do tou ....

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Transcripts For SFGTV 20130807

So, weve got these spa Water Bottles because we hear a lot some people, water is boring, doesnt taste good. Actually it can taste really good. My personal favorite recipe is cucumber and mint. You can throw berries in, water mellon, pineapple, makes it taste good and makes you feel like youre at a fancy restaurant, hotel or spa, whatever. Ill leave these materials for you. But those are just some of the efforts that weve engaged in. As i mentioned and im sure colleagues will talk more about what theyre doing to increase water stations in schools. And weve had a lot of success working with organizations to institute Healthy Beverage policies. I do want to call out the rec and Park Department for really jumping on early with this and becoming soda free for their campers in the summer. And ask that staff not drink sodas i ....

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