FLOOD07038

• County: Statewide
• Community: All
• Stream Name: All
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: ASFPM Abstracts, etc. 1994
• Date: 1/1/1994
• Prepared For: ASFPM
• Prepared By: ASFPM
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

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BLUE THUMB - TULSA'S URBAN WATER QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

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by

Cheryl Cheadle, District Manager
Tulsa County Conservation District

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Sue Gray, Urban Water Quality Agent
Oklahoma Cooperative Extensionrrulsa County

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The Blue Thumb Urban Water Quality Improvement Project began October I, 1992 and will
continue through September 30, 1995. Funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
has made this project possible. Sponsored locally by the Oklahoma Cooperative Extensiontrulsa
County and the Tulsa County Conservation District, the USDA Soil Conservation Service and the
Oklahoma Conservation Commission are also sponsors.

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The goal of the Blue Thumb project is to teach the citizens of Tulsa county about non-point
source pollution. The project coordinators, Sue Gray and Cheryl Cheadle, encourage local
residents to use their "blue thumbs" to protect our water resources. This goal is being
accomplished by:

I. Volunteer monitors who have been trained to perform water quality tests and who work
with residents living in the watershed where they monitor.

2. Workshops and conferences that teach best management practices that result in water
protection; and

3. Newsletters and brochures.

Cheryl Cheadle, District Manager, Tulsa County Conservation District 4116 East 15th Street, Tulsa,
Oklahoma 74112-6198, Tel. [phone].

Sue Gray, Urban Water Quality Agent, Oklahoma Cooperative Extensioll/Tulsa County, 4116 East 15th
Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74112-6198, Tel. [phone].