Water, Water ... Nowhere

The shortage of water for personal, agricultural and commercial users in the American Southwest and in California, in particular, is urgent. There are conflicting interests at play. Is there anything that consumers can do to help solve the problem? Will the problem ever go away, or are people condemned to a future of chronic water shortages? And what caused this problem, anyway?

In part, the ancient history of droughts is driving the current shortage. Contemporary farming and ranching practices, reliance on deep water wells and fast-depleting aquifers are making the shortages worse—exacerbated by the consequences of drought, including fires, floods and threats to wildlife. This presentation will examine what government is doing to alleviate the shortages and what consumers can do to cope with them.

The featured speaker for Water, Water ... Nowhere  will be Mr. Raoul Drapeau. Mr. Drapeau is a high-tech entrepreneur, author, inventor of consumer and commercial products, lecturer on historical topics and a commercial arbitrator. He holds electrical engineering degrees from Cornell University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and has published numerous articles in technical and historical journals focusing on the World War II period. His first novel, a technothriller titled, The Fat Man’s Disk, is available as an ebook.

Join us for this event on Sunday, January 31st at 12:30pm at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, 2709 Hunter Mill Rd. in Oakton, VA. The event will be held in the UUCF Sanctuary Building.

About UUCF: The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax is a liberal religious community of more than 1,200 adults, youth and children dedicated to the free and responsible search for religious truth and meaning. The congregation’s mission is to “transform ourselves, our community and the world through acts of love and justice.

For directions: https://uucf.org/directions/

This is a free event and is open to the public.

For additional information, contact anekimken@cox.net