South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority

Good afternoon and welcome to Liquid Lunch with the Regional Water Authority here on 103.5 WNHH.

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My name is Kevin Watsey.

I am the Director of Public Affairs at the Regional Water Authority and I am the host of Liquid Lunch and I am a water nerd.

And today we'll be talking a little bit about water tangentially and I am honored Fire Chief Shelly Carter.

She's dedicated her life to the protection of her communities that she serves and I invited her on today because I kind of view firefighting a lot like I view folks at the water company.

Beautifully said.

And with that.

So a couple of examples, you know, I think nonprofits specifically have an interesting role to play here, like our own.

There's another nonprofit by Yale called Climate Haven, and they're doing something very similar with the Regional Water Authority up there.

And I believe they've expanded their program as well over the past two years.

We've spoken with MDIA in Florida, who's doing something similar with their water utility.

And they're kind of tucked here and there on water company property and different areas.

But one of them is very close to the water treatment plant of the Regional Water Authority on Windy Avenue.

And we had a great visit from all of the kids at the camp there.

at the Eli Whitney Museum, because they had a symposium.