Watts Current: PWP E-Newsletter - February 2016 Issue

Watts Current - February 2016 Issue

REMINDER - NO OUTDOOR WATERING

From February 25 to March 10, Pasadena is prohibiting all customers from watering outdoors, including hand watering. The community needs to conserve water while the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) suspends all imported water supply to Pasadena and many of the foothill communities, to make significant upgrades to a major water treatment plant. Sixty percent of Pasadena's water supply consists of imported water from MWD. Without strong conservation, Pasadena will not have sufficient supplies to serve water to its customers. To learn more, click here.

PWP SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS

For the third year, PWP is offering Pasadena-based high school seniors the opportunity to earn a $5,000 scholarship for sharing their ideas on how Pasadena can develop long-term strategies for creating a sustainable future. Submittal deadline for the 300-500 word essay is due Friday, April 29. To learn more about the scholarship and entry criteria, click here.

PWP PARTNERS WITH UNION STATION ON UPGRADES!

For the past several years, PWP has partnered with Union Station Homeless Services to install a variety of solar and energy efficiency upgrades, and electric vehicle chargers to several of their facilities. The upgrades help their operations to run more effectively and supports the organization's goal to be more sustainable.

Union Station Homeless Services serves more than 2,000 homeless and low income residents each year. To learn more about rebates and incentives available, click here.

YOUNG INNOVATORS IN DEVELOPMENT

Earlier this month, more than 125 middle school and high school students from Marshall Fundamental Secondary School gathered at the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) headquarters to support 13 teams as they presented water supply solutions to a panel of water industry experts and policy makers. The eight-week long pilot project began with a school-wide assembly where representatives from PWP, MWD and the State Water Resources Control Board provided an overview of California's water supply situation, water delivery challenges and how that impacts Pasadena. From there, students researched and developed proposals on technologies that would be a viable solution to address today's water challenges. To learn more, click here.

UPCOMING SPRING WORKSHOPS

Seats are still available for the March 19 Laundry-to-Landscape Greywater workshop at Villa-Parke Community Center (363 E Villa Street) from 9-11am. Program participants will receive a $80 voucher toward the purchase of a greywater system kit. To register for the Laundry-to-Landscape workshop, click here.

Coming Soon - PWP will be hosting a Rain Barrel Distribution Event in April. More information will be available in the next issue.

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