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A few feet down is the water table, underneath the water table, 
all the holes in the rock and between all the grains, is water.

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I’m Dorothy Sifuentes and I work for the USGS at the 
Caribbean Florida Water Science Center 

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and today we are here at Broward Water Matters Day 

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we are teaching the public about the work that we do 
at the Water Science Center

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some of our staff are here explaining to students of all ages 
as well as to their parents and other community members

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about the groundwater, our water supply, what we do with wastewater 
and things they need to be concerned about for water issues.

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And this right here we can look at the level on the tape and 
make sure the recorder is set to read the same thing

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Hi I’m Scott Prinos with the US Geological Survey I’m a Hydrologist

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we are collecting data in this community in order to monitor the water levels, 
the flows in the canals, the salinity in the aquifers

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and that is important because saltwater intrusion is a concern for Broward County.

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A lot of kids from various schools are out 

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they are asked to come out to the booth and ask questions

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and learn things about water and we will stamp their sheets 

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that they then take back to their classes for extra credit.

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Hi my name is Mike Zygnerski, I’m with Broward County
 Environmental Planning and Community Resilience

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Were here doing Water Matters day this is our 
signature public outreach event for the county

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and really the event is just about getting the word out 
about how you can save the environment,

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how to conserve and how to save yourself some money doing it.

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And this is the 15th year of the event and its going strong 

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we usually have about 4,000 people and we 
hope to be doing it for many years to come.