Risks can be faced in just about any endeavor. The risks may be perceived or real. They may be big or small. The important thing is how we deal with those
risks.
Wellhead protection is all about identifying the risks to a
certain well or set of wells. One of the
first steps of the wellhead protection process is a contaminant source
inventory or looking at what are the potential risks to a particular drinking
water well. Completing this step gives
us the information to proactively protect our drinking water by mitigating the
risk.
Often times this requires the action of all citizens and as
such we need to be able to communicate the potential risks in such a way that
they understand that everyone needs to change their behaviors to protect their
drinking water. However, risk
communication is a skill. One that many
of us have not learned.
The Groundwater Foundation will be providing a presentation
on risk communication at its upcoming Wellhead Protection Network meeting on July 7th. Join us for the
meeting to learn how to inspire communities to get on board with wellhead
protection and how to get citizens to understand the issues and take part in
protection efforts. Steven Wolf,
Community Engagement Director with JEO Consulting Group will share his
expertise around this topic. If you are able to attend, please RSVP to Cindy at ckreifels@groundwater.org. Attendance is free - lunch costs $10.
Share with us your ideas and thoughts concerning risk
communication.
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