San Diego students are sharpening their colored pencils and testing their colored markers in preparation for the City of San Diego Public Utilities Department’s Tenth Annual Water Conservation Poster Contest. The contest is designed to help all public, private, and home-school teachers to use art to teach their students about the benefits of water conservation. The Public Utilities Department will accept contest entries through Wednesday, March 24, 2010.
Chris Robbins, City of San Diego’s Supervising Management Analyst, is excited for the upcoming contest: “This year’s theme, ‘Waste No Water’ was selected to reflect the challenges facing our water system. These challenges include the prolonged and continuing drought conditions across the west and cutbacks to San Diego’s imported water. This contest is an opportunity to stimulate a teacher-student dialogue on ways to conserve our most vital natural resource now during this water supply crisis.”
Each student creating a poster to enter into the contest will receive a certificate of participation. Then, 18 winners will be selected and recognized at a City Council Meeting and receive a U.S. Savings Bond and a Certificate of Excellence. Winning posters will be on display in the lobby of the City Administration Building, the San Diego Watercolor Society’s Gallery, and the San Diego County Fair Kids Best Art Exhibit. (Specific dates to be announced.) Winning posters will also be featured in the 2011 Water Conservation Calendar and will be circulated throughout the city during the year.
Additional information about the Annual Water Conservation Poster Contest, entry form and free activity book are available online at www.sandiego.gov/water/conservation. For more information, call the City of San Diego Public Utilities Department at (619) 533-4203.