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'H2Oakland' TV Show Wins Award
Web-posted Mar 16, 2005
The show is called "H2Oakland" and it's taped once a month and aired on cable TV
channels in Oakland County.
It's the Oakland County drain commissioner's approach at putting water
quality issues before county residents.
The show is good enough to have won an achievement award from the Association of
Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies.
"The biggest challenge is taking a very complex issue and making it
understandable," said Oakland County Drain Commissioner John P. McCulloch.
The show is produced through Bloomfield Township and distributed throughout the
county for the past three years.
Mostly, the office has used the show to address water and sewer issues, since
federally required improvements are expected to cost billions of dollars over
the coming decades, and for employees to explain various aspects of the office's
operations.
The local drain commissioner's office oversees lake levels, drains and some
water systems.
"One of the questions I'm most often asked is what the drain commissioner does,"
McCulloch said.
- Staff writer Charles Crumm