<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;font-family:helvetica;font-size:20px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br></h1><h1 style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;color:rgb(17,104,53);font-family:helvetica;font-size:20px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:small;line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;background-color:transparent">Water is a central aspect of all of our lives, and yet the complexities we face with managing it in a city of nearly 8.5 million people, often fly under the radar. C</span><span style="font-size:small;line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">onstantly supplying it, m</span><span style="font-size:small;line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;background-color:transparent">anaging demand, keeping it clean, protecting ourselves from it (i.e. sewage, storms, sea level rise, etc), using it more efficiently and also teaching people about it, are all critically important to keeping such a massive city running. At a time where one American city is facing a major health crisis due to water contamination, we want to examine what is being done in our own city to keep us healthy and safe, and what we can do to support that. For our February Forum, we will hear about how the City of New York manages water in the present and the plans being pursued for the future.</span></h1><div class="" style="border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);margin:0px;padding:16px 0px 6px;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;font-size:13px;line-height:20px;color:rgb(0,0,0);clear:both;width:519px;font-family:helvetica;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',Tahoma,Verdana,sans-serif;line-height:19px;background:transparent"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:helvetica;font-size:small;background:transparent"><br></span></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',Tahoma,Verdana,sans-serif;line-height:19px;background:transparent"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:helvetica;font-size:small;background:transparent">Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2016</span><br><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:helvetica;font-size:small;background:transparent">Time: 6:30-8:00pm</span><br><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:helvetica;font-size:small;background:transparent">Place: </span><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:helvetica;font-size:small;background:transparent"><span class="" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Hafele</span> America Co., </span><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small;font-family:helvetica;background:transparent">25 East 26<span style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">th</span> Street, </span><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small;font-family:helvetica;background:transparent">New York, NY 10010</span></span></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',Tahoma,Verdana,sans-serif;line-height:19px;background:transparent"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small;font-family:helvetica;background:transparent"><br></span></span></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',Tahoma,Verdana,sans-serif;line-height:19px;background:transparent"><a href="https://greenhomenyc-feb2016.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(50,152,180);background:transparent">Click here to register!</a><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Merriweather,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background:transparent"> </span></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',Tahoma,Verdana,sans-serif;line-height:19px;background:transparent"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:helvetica;font-s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