In TT064, we bring you another private well-focused episode. Our guest is Cindy Brookes, a seasoned technical assistance provider at the Great Lakes Community Action Partnership, a division of RCAP. In this role, Cindy has assessed over 300 private wells and counseled well owners on how to proceed with their well challenges, and made significant use of the Private Well and Spring Assessment Tool that our team developed in conjunction with RCAP. Cindy tells Jennifer and Steve about the ins and outs of the job, as well as the importance of these assessments in the quest to more widely educate well owners.
Topics Discussed
- Meet Cindy Brookes | LinkedIn
- Cindy’s Water Hero: Tom Fishbaugh, a retired former colleague at GLCAP
- How the growth of RCAP’s Private Well Program has impacted day-to-day work at GLCAP
- Explaining the Private Well and Spring Assessment Tool
- The biggest differences in the tool and the program since its launch almost a decade ago
- How do well owners receive the support given to them by the well assessments and sampling?
- The experiences that stand out most from Cindy’s hundreds of well assessments
- The importance of this program
- The impacts of being part of this program
- Connect with the Great Lakes Community Action Partnership
- Connect with the Rural Community Assistance Partnership
“When you think you’ve seen it all, you run across the next ‘Oh, how can that be?’ situation. You never learn it all. You’re always being questioned, because everyone is different.”
Cindy Brookes
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About the Guests
Cindy Brookes is a Senior Rural Development Specialist at the Great Lakes Community Action Partnership, which serves the states of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia. In this role, which she began in 2017, Cindy’s primary responsibilities include private well education and assessments for homeowners. Previously, she worked as a Watershed Specialist at the Sandusky River Watershed Coalition. Cindy also serves as the president of the Water Management Association of Ohio and is a past president of the Ohio Watershed Professionals. She holds a degree from the Ohio State University.