{"id":1775,"date":"2011-10-23T17:02:49","date_gmt":"2011-10-23T21:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?p=1775"},"modified":"2021-02-20T12:25:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T17:25:00","slug":"breakout-group-basics-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/breakout-group-basics-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakout Group Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"c\"><u>Some &#8220;essential questions&#8221; to open the conversation<\/u><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>With two sources of water &#8211; local wells and the MWRA \u2013 Needham very rarely encounters water shortages.  But there are water supply challenges in our region, and certainly beyond.\n<ul>\n<li>Should we be more focused on conserving water (and reducing our consumption) even though we have enough for ourselves in Needham?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Treating our wastewater is expensive (about \u00be of the average resident&#8217;s water bill) and uses a significant amount of energy.  Serious environmental damage can be caused when the volume of sewage and water runoff exceeds the capacity of a treatment plant.\n<ul>\n<li>What are your thoughts about retreating wastewater for use?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"c\"><u>Facilitators<\/u><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cynthia Andre<\/strong>, Babson College    <\/li>\n<li><strong>Kevin Sheng<\/strong>, Needham High School  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"c\"><u>Resources<\/u><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><b><a href=\"mailto:vroy@needhamma.gov\">Vincent Roy<\/a><\/b> &#8211; Superintendant of Needham Water &#038; Sewer Division<\/li>\n<li>Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs &#8211; <b><a href=\"http:\/\/1.usa.gov\/po5NAf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Preserving Water Resources<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"c\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Topical Resources<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some &#8220;essential questions&#8221; to open the conversation With two sources of water &#8211; local wells and the MWRA \u2013 Needham very rarely encounters water shortages. But there are water supply challenges in our region, and certainly beyond. Should we be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2011-summit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}