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Community voices drown hazard for open irrigation ditches
Phoenix housewife Hannah Shaw leads a campaign to assign responsibility for child drownings in open irrigation channels. She formed the Prevention of Irrigation Drowning Association, seeks fences, and plans public meetings with officials from the Salt River Valley Water Users Association to urge safer drainage near residential areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Hannah Z. Shaw
North Kenmore Drive
Dan E. Garvey
Prevention of Irrigation Drowning Association
PIDA
Madison School
North 16Th Street
Dow Ben Roush
Salt River Valley Water Users Association
Dudettes
Phoenix Jaycee Wives Organization
Westward Ho
Windsor Square
Leslie Diane
O. L. Norman
WUA
Norman
R. J. McMullin