NAEPC Bulletin Board

For your information only an offering by National Environmental Services Center

The National Environmental Services Center (NESC) is offering
three video public service announcements (PSAs) about the importance
of septic system maintenance for community water quality. The PSAs
reflect NESC’s ongoing commitment to effective wastewater treatment
and source water protection, and are available for communities and
watershed groups to use for free

Presented in a humorous light, each video drives home the message that
homeowners are responsible for safe guarding our drinking water
through proper septic tank operation and maintenance.


One group who has used the PSAs successfully is the Michigan Septic
Tank Association (MSTA). “During 2009, our association purchased
television airtime that blanketed Michigan with the three NESC public
service announcements, modified to add our association’s logo and web
address at the end,” says Mark N. Scott, Chair of MSTA’s Continuing
Education Committee.


“The spring 2009 public service campaign was a success, so our Board
approved $8,000 for a similar campaign in the spring of 2010,” Scott
continues, “and we plan to do it again this year.”


NESC encourages communities to use these brief PSAs as part of a
public awareness campaign to protect source water. View and download
the videos by going to:www.nesc.wvu.edu/subpages/psa.cfm
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Ron Thomson, Drinking Water Trainer/Circuit Rider
National Tribal Environmental Council (NTEC) http://www.ntec.org/programs/water.html
ronthomson.ntec.waterprogram@gmail.com
916.208.0070