Dr. Stewart has over 45 years of experience in the water quality, water resources and water/wastewater treatment industry. Dr. Stewart is a Diplomate – Water Resources of the American Council of Civil Engineers. He has testified before the US Congress and the National Academy of Science on environmental issues on five different occasions. Dr. Stewart is also a technical reviewer for the Colorado School of Mines Research Partnership for a Secure Energy for America (RPSEA) project and an adjunct professor of Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University.
At this Wednesday’s evening meeting, RCFC member Dave Stewart presents to the group his video “Can Rotary’s 4-Way Test Save the Colorado River?” The video resulted from a District/Club grant of $4000 which was grown to $50,000. The video can be seen on YouTube here. Dave’s vision is that the video will be offered to the 3,000 Rotary Clubs in the Colorado River Basin along with the assistance of experts (either by Zoom or on-site) to move forward with addressing the crisis. In the video, a suite of experts, including Dave himself, outlined the issues affecting the Colorado River including availability of water in the river, the size and diversity of uses of water from the river (the amount of water being drawn from the river exceeds any reasonable expectations of future replenishment), the possible solutions to that problem, and the various knock-on effects of the various solutions. It is obvious that some of the uses are going to have to be reduced either by increased conservation and more efficient use or, without a series of compromises, elimination of some of the uses. The video concludes with the suggestion that Rotary’s 4-Way Test can provide a framework for arriving at the compromises that will be necessary.
Here is a link to the trailer for Dave’s video:
It’s going to be a great intimate opportunity to engage with Dave and his meaningful work on this very important topic that affects us all.