Help our local youth prepare for the upcoming 2010-2011 school year by donating school supplies to the Prince William Region’s Chambers’ annual Tools for School Supply Drive. 

The Service Authority is honored to, once-again, serve as an official drop-off location for this worthwhile cause.  A donation box is located in the lobby of our main headquarters at 4 County Complex Court in Woodbridge. Deadline for all donations is July 30, 2010.

According to the Irrigation Association, July is Smart Irrigation Month!  To learn more about how to:

• Plant correctly
• Invest in an irrigation system
• Use water Wisely
• Maintain or upgrade your system
• Work with an irrigation professional

Click HERE!

Beginning Saturday, June 19 through Friday, July 2, 2010 is Dale City’s Neighborhood Pride Week (NPW)! Many volunteers are needed for clean up activities on Dale Boulevard and its surrounding areas. Do your part to help clean your community! Cap off your hard work by enjoying the Dale City Independence Day Parade on July 4th, followed by Family Fun Day (see post below).

To learn more, read the 2010 Letters to NPW Residents by Connie Moser, NPW Coordinator, at moserconnie@hotmail.com, or by phone at (703) 590-6662.

Print Family Fun Day Flyer (pdf )

On Friday, May 28, 2010, the Service Authority’s Community Outreach Coordinator, Sheri Pierce and Multimedia Assistant, Amelia Sullivan, participated in Pennington Schools’ annual 2nd Grade Camping Around the Curriculum.  At the World of Water tent, students learned about water conservation. During the lesson, “The Human Faucet,” 9 groups of second graders compated and measured the amount of water that can be saved during daily activities, like brushing their teeth.

Attention students in grades K-3! We would like you to color and submit ONE of the water-themed sheets listed below to be showcased in a slideshow on this very blog!

Instructions for Entering Drinking Water Week Grades K-3 Color Sheet Slideshow:

1. Download, print out and copy, as needed, the water-themed color sheets (PDF) below:

• Everyone Watches Water (PDF)
• Give Each Plant Water (PDF)
• Only Water that Comes from the Tap (PDF)
• When Taking a Bath Don’t Fill Up the Tub (PDF)

2. Select and color your favorite water-themed coloring sheet from above. Only ONE colored sheet per student will be accepted.

3. Include your name, school, grade and teacher ON THE BOTTOM, FRONT LEFT CORNER of each color sheet. See sample below.

 4. Submit your completed coloring sheet by email attachments (scanned, color .pdf) to spierce@pwcsa.org or by USPS mail, in 9×12 envelope, to: Sheri Pierce, Community Outreach Coordinator, PWCSA, P.O. Box 2266, Woodbridge, VA  22195.

5.  All submissions due by Friday, May, 14, 2010.  Please contact Sheri Pierce at (703) 530-5310 should you have questions.

 It’s the American Water Works Associaton’s National Drinking Water Week, May 2-8, 2010! Drinking Water Week (DWW) is an annual celebration for both water professionals and the communities they serve to join together to recognize the our most precious natural resource: water. 

The 2010 DWW theme of Only Tap Water Delivers focuses on the importance of:

Drinking Water Quality

Drinking Water Safety and Conservation

Importance of Water Infrastructure

The Service Authority invites you to learn more about DWW and the criticality safe, reliable water supplies has on our community. Visit the display in the lobby of our headquarters located at 4 County Complex in Woodbridge, Virginia.  Or,….

Watch a Public Service Announcement (PSA):

 Download AWWA “Only Tap Water Delivers” Handouts:

• Only Tap Water Delivers (PDF)
• 10 Conservation Tips to Remember (PDF)
• Water Infrastructure at a Turning Point (PDF)
• Youth Activity: Infrastructure Maze & Coloring Sheet Combo (PDF)
• Youth Activity: True/False Quiz (PDF)
• Youth Activity: Crossword Puzzle & Wordsearch Combo (PDF)

For more information about AWWA’s Drinking Water Week 2010, visit www.drinktap.org .