Volunteer your time to protect area water supplies from dioxane pollution

SRSW often needs new volunteers to help keep the community informed about the state of the Pall-Gelman groundwater contamination, ongoing cleanup attempts, and impacts on area water supplies.

SRSW performs the following tasks as volunteer time allows:

• Staff SRSW booths at area community events
• Keep SRSW-supplied materials organized and up-to-date at the public library
• Deliver SRSW updates at various City, County, and Township council, commission, and board meetings
• Publicize and prepare for DNRE public hearings/public meetings
• Generate SRSW newsletters
• Create video presentations to inform public and decision makers about past and present cleanup issues
• Produce maps and charts to help decision makers understand issues
• Review all report submittals from the DNRE and Pall
• Review and analyze all cleanup and plume sampling data
• Keep a comprehensive database on the Pall/Gelman contamination and cleanup
• Review reports with local government policy makers, administration, and technical staff
• Issue email alerts and press releases
• Maintain SRSW website
• Write editorial page articles and letters to the editor to keep the community informed
• Work with news people and editorial boards to keep the facts straight and on target
• Keep a library of archival information
• Provide information about residential well testing for homeowners
• Answer questions from existing and potential homeowners
• Keep membership records and process membership fees
• Manage special fundraising efforts as needed
• Liaison with other environmental groups facing similar challenges

  Help keep your neighbors informed

Become a neighborhood contact to inform others in your area about our efforts to demand that Pall/Gelman do an effective, protective, and community-acceptable cleanup of the polluted groundwater and prevent further contamination.

If you can help in any way, call SRSW Co-Chair Roger Rayle at 734-761-8932 or email him at rmrayle at gmail dot com ... or come to a CARD meeting.