Victoria: May 9, 2012

Agenda

Opportunities to network with other cities (Toronto and Boston are having meetups tonight)

Look at viability of a project to collect rain water which currently just goes down storm drains into sewers, and use for watering the lawn bowling green.
Create plan and pursue funding
Who pays for watering city parks now?
Health risks for sediment sitting in tanks and then becoming aerosolIzed(?) when sprayed out.
UVic’s synthetic turf is for field hockey. The static charge of a ball moving on dry turf gives it a reverse spin… which is difficult to trap with a stick. A wet surface allows the ball to glide. Players also avoid turf burns when sliding. They use grey water, what holding and treatment system do they use?
YIMBY notes: can have a fire in a backyard if used for cooking