Watts Current - May 2016 Issue
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MAY IS WATER AWARENESS MONTH
May is national Water Awareness Month, and over the years PWP has hosted a variety of outreach events for the community, including tours of our water treatment plant, water fairs with educational exhibits, and interactive and engaging assemblies by MadScience for elementary students within PUSD.
With so much of our attention focused on the drought this year, PWP would like to dedicate the remainder of this newsletter to highlight the great strides the Pasadena community has made to reduce overall water use, as well as PWP's efforts to introduce new resources to our customers. We would also like to recognize Pasadena youth for valuing water as a precious resource, and for their efforts to develop innovative conservation solutions!
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GETTING WATER SMART
Starting in June, PWP will launch the Home Water Reports for single family residential PWP water customers. This report may look familiar, as a majority of PWP residential customers already receive the energy reports in the mail. Proven to be an effective conservation tool, these water reports provide recent water use measured in gallons per day, comparisons of the resident's water use with households of similar size nearby, and customized messages for the resident on how they can save water. Residents will soon be receiving a Welcome Letter with details about the program and a link to an online survey to update the customer's profile and usage information. Residents who complete the survey will be entered in a raffle to receive a $125 gift card. These customized reports will help residents improve the efficiency of their water use with easy and effective tips to save water. For more information, email us your questions or comments at
water@cityofpasadena.net.
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SOLAR EMPOWERS OUR YOUTH
The Solar Cup is an annual solar boat race held by our partner, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. PWP has been a proud sponsor of the John Muir High School's solar team for more than a decade. Over six months the students design, engineer and construct the boat themselves. The solar powered boats are then raced and judged on speed and endurance during a three-day competition at Lake Skinner in Winchester, California. We are proud to share that the John Muir Team was recognized for two special awards. To check out pictures from this year's Solar Cup race,
click here.
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SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS SELECTED
Going off the college is a wonderful achievement, and PWP wants to reward this milestone with the opportunity to win a $5,000 scholarship. Open to all high school seniors in Pasadena, PWP's 2016 scholarship program invited students to write an essay describing an invention or concept that would make renewable resources accessible to all Pasadena residents. Ian Taylor of Blair High School received the first-place $5,000 award for inventing a water-saving device called the P-Trap Diverter, which would allow water to flow to a reusable source within the home. Amadea Tanner of Pasadena High School was presented with a $2,500 award for her second-place essay on solar-powered charging stations for electric vehicles. To read their winning essays, click here.
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WATER IS LIFE
The "Water is Life" Student Art Poster Contest is also sponsored by MWD. This region-wide contest offers K-8 students the opportunity to highlight their artistic skills by creating a compelling visual that showcases how important it is to preserve water, along with a short conservation message. With more than 200 entries submitted by Pasadena students, judging the artwork was not an easy task! The top 10 entries were submitted to MWD for an additional round of judging to be considered for MWD's annual "Water is Life" calendar. PWP then selected two first-place winners and awarded them with an Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet. Congratulations to Maria Karapetyan and Matthew Vargas, who are both second-grade students at Hamilton Elementary School on a job well done! To check out the winning posters, click here.
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