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 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 was a great end to their summer. And then our Com
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 was a great end to their summer. And then our Communications Team [speaker not understood] regional event from, you know, sunday streets, chinese new year, pride, the [speaker not understood] where theyre offering free Drinking Water to fo
In half for cavities as well. It wasnt as notable in the other populations. They dont completely have an answer as to why. It may be that in communities like the bayview where there is one Dental Clinic for 33,000 people, there is limited access to preventive dental care. But again, i dont know thats the answer, but that may be one of the reasons. So, i just want to talk a little bit about some requirements that we are now working on and by we it really is many of our colleagues working on this. At the federal level, they passed a law saying that those participating in school lunch shall have water readily accessible. And then in california, our legislature required School Districts to provide free fresh Drinking Water during meal times in the school. Again, a very its a great, a great law and i know that our colleagues at the puc and the School District are really working to meet that requirement. On that note, our colleagues in the Environmental Health section of the Health Departmen
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 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 be
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 in front of the children, asking children to not bring sodas to camp and not serving sodas. It is creating the environment and setting the tone. It is about offering water