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Application Deadline for WMG’s 2009 Water Harvesting Certification Program

May 18, 2009

Watershed Management Group (WMG) is now accepting applications to the WMG Water Harvesting Certification program, a hands-on training program in Tucson, Arizona, designed to instruct educators, green professionals, and community organizers in water harvesting systems design and construction. The goal of the program is to provide the highest quality training in the nation in order to transfer water harvesting skills and knowledge effectively to new communities. The training will take place this summer in July and August.
The certification program is building on WMG’s 2008 Apprenticeship program in which 10 people were trained to lead water harvesting workshops.  This year’s program has been condensed into two sections: a 9-day basic course and an 8-day advanced course to allow out-of-towners to participate along with Tucson residents. Participants will be instructed in a variety of topics including: earthworks, cisterns, greywater systems, streetscape stormwater harvesting, sustainable landscaping, and small-scale erosion control.
The WMG Certification course is designed and administered by WMG staff with assistance from local Tucson instructors and a curriculum advisory board made up of licensed contractors, consultants, and designers who create water harvesting systems. The WMG Certification is a unique educational opportunity not only in Tucson; there is no other program like it in the nation.
Applications and full details of the program are now available on WMG’s website at www.watershedmg.org. For more information on the program, please contact Lisa Shipek at lisa@watershedmg.org or at 520-396-3266. Watershed Management Group is a non-profit organization based in Tucson whose mission is to improve people’s lives through community development projects that improve resource management.

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May 18, 2009
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