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    PRESS RELEASE:
    Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America
    417 W. Arden Avenue, Suite 112C
    Glendale, CA 91203
    Contact: [email protected]
    WWW.AESA.org
    www.care4sevan.wo rdpress.com


    CARE 4 SEVAN
    Pollution Prevention Project by AESA
    Public Awareness Forum

    Glendale, CA. July 31, 2009. Armenian Engineers and Scientists of
    America (AESA), serving the Armenian communities in the US and Armenia
    for more than 25 years is launching its flagship CARE 4 SEVAN,
    Pollution Prevention Project.
    In order to bring our local community up to date with the current
    situation in Lake Sevan, AESA is hosting a Public Awareness Forum in
    Glendale Public Library on Saturday August 22 at 11:30 am. The forum
    will present the causes of the water contamination in Lake Sevan, the
    impact of the contamination on the health and economic situation in
    Armenia, and finally it will present AESA?s solutions to this major
    problem.
    Guest speaker is Dr. Mihran Agbabian, Professor Emeritus and former
    Chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of
    Southern California. He is also the founding President and President
    Emeritus of the American University of Armenia.
    The Civil Engineering Committee and the Environmental Committee of
    AESA kicked-off the Care4Sevan Project. The project is to provide
    proper sewer system designs and building guidelines for small villages
    around Lake Sevan. Improper sewer disposal methods in these villages
    have caused the sewer to seep through the earth and mix with the local
    water tables. This has become a major problem.
    ?I commend AESA for initiating such a strategic cause? said Levon
    Thorose former AESA President who is currently involved with many
    humanitarian projects inside Armenia. ?This initiative could not come
    in a better time. There are already big commercial developments named
    Lavanda City, to name one, on the west coast of the Sevan lake, that
    severely violate the lake?s cleanliness in a worst way: About 50
    cottages are sold to the public at large in the beautiful woods
    surrounding the Sevan lake, and none of the cottages sold have clean
    sewer systems. They all dump their sewer into the sand underneath the
    cottages. There are absolutely no bans to these commercial
    developments.?

    AESA is inviting our community to attend this important public forum
    and we urge our community to offer its support to this great cause.
    Admission is free. Refreshments will be served.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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