Milpitas High School
student and Eagle Scout Troop 92 Sukhad Mutakar, who is a member of the MHS Environmental Society Club, launched a rainwater harvesting project due to the drought.
Mutakar led a presentation to the Board at the Sept. 27 meeting, detailing the purpose and goal, both short-term and long-term, of his project. He would like to implement this at other MUSD schools.
As part of the project, he constructed three barrels that divert the water from one of the buildings on the MHS campus to the barrels. These barrels hold roughly around 150 gallons worth of water that can be used for a school garden and other activities.
"Since we are in a drought state, I chose this project during COVID-19 because I saw that even a small amount of water can be saved and it would make an impact," he said. "My goal is also to reopen the garden for MHS and make it run on this harvested water." The environmental society just recently used this water for their recycle bin cleanup to wash the barrels.
After his presentation, the Board of Education recognized Sukhad for his contribution to Climate Awareness.
