Citizens Alliance for Property Rights (CAPRA) will host a dinner on Tuesday, April 6 on San Juan Island, for a presentation on “Waste Water Treatment Systems.”

Dr. Mark Gross, a former professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Arkansas in Fayettevill, will be the featured speaker at the event, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the  San Juan Island Grange Hall.

Dr. Gross has more than 20 years of experience in the decentralized wastewater field, as a teacher, researcher, and designer. He  is now the Training Manager at Orenco Systems, Inc. He has authored or co-authored more than 75 articles and is co-author of a book titled Advanced Onsite Wastewater System Technologies.

Donations are accepted for the dinner, and guests are asked to bring a potluck dessert. In order to know how much food to prepare, please RSVP to knych@rockisland.com or 378-4662

The CAPRA mission statement reads: CAPRA supports Environmental policies and regulations that are intellectually honest, fair, grounded in real science, and that do not force private property owners to pay for public benefits enjoyed by all.