Slideshow from water.org Puts Global Access to Clean Water in Perspective


Currently, on the home page of water.org, an organization whose mission it is to assist developing countries obtain safe water and proper sanitation, is a rotating slideshow of pictures with startling and accurate facts about the global water crisis and how it is affecting women, sanitation, disease, and the environment among other topics.

Check it out, you’ll be amazed and quickly realize how fortunate we are as Americans to have access to clean, safe drinking water and proper sanitation 24/7.

View the slideshow.

 

SA Official Drop-Off Location for Tools for School Supply Drive


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.

 

July is Smart Irrigation Month!


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!

 

Volunteers Needed for Dale City Neighborhood Pride Week (NPW)!


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.

 

Family Fun Day in Dale City – July 3, 2010!


 

 

Print Family Fun Day Flyer (pdf )

 

Camping Around the Curriculum at Pennington School


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.

 

Drinking Water Week – Need Grades K-3 Coloring Sheets for Slideshow!


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:

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.

 

Celebrate National Drinking Water Week – May 2-8, 2010!


 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:

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

 

Service Authority Helped Celebrate 40th Anniversary of Earth Day!


The Service Authority, along with other Prince William County partners and organizations, celebrated the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day.

The Earth Day 2010 event was held at the PWC Plaza in the County Government Center on Saturday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event featured several displays, workshops and had nearly 100 Youth Ambassadors, in conjunction with the PWC Public Works, coordinating and implementing the events.

The Service Authority’s display, ”Wise Water Use,” offered the public information about backflow prevention, leak detection, water conservation among many other topics and activities.

View a slideshow of highlights from the day:

 

 

Winners of the SA Organizational Awards for PW-Manassas Science Fair


On Thursday, April 8, 2010, at the Raymond Spittle Building, the Service Authority honored several students who participated in the PW-Manassas Regional Science Fair 2009-2010 back in March and held at the Kelly Leadership Center in Manassas.   

The Service Authority selected 12 student science projects from the fair, among the Middle and Senior Divisions, who received organizational awards due to the the student’s exemplary research and project scope related to water, wastewater and/or other environmentally-themed topics.  

The winners of the SA Organizational Awards for the PW-Manassas Regional Science Fair 2009-2010 were as follows:  

Middle Division Winners:

First Place:

1st Place – Samantha Baird, Gainesville Middle School

 Project: “The Affects of Pollutants on Aquatic Plants.”  

Second Place: 

2nd Place – Will Scheid, Gainesville Middle School

Project:  “The Affect of Different Grocery Store Water Fountains on the Amount of  Bacteria.”  

Third Place: 

3rd Place – Laura Isbell, Bull Run Middle School

 Project: “Pollution & Microorganisms on Pond Water.” 

3rd Place – Karling Wilhelm, Bull Run Middle School

Project: “Variation of Acid Levels of Natural Water Sources in Northern PWC.”

Honorable Mentions: 

Honorable Mention – Megan Frederick, Lake Ridge Middle School

Project: “Eco-Friendly Fertilizers” 

Not Pictured

Peter Houtz, Linton Hall School – “Fowl Waste (Run-off) in the Chesapeake Bay.”  

Nathan Gurgainous, Graham Park Middle School – “Eco-Salt?”  

Jasmine Lewis, Graham Park Middle School – “Rising Erosion Riprap.”  

Senior Division Winners:

First Place:  

1st Place – Shadi Sabbagh, Potomac High School

 Project: “The Effect of Phosphorous, Nitrogen, and Vitamins C & D on the Dracaena Plant vs. the Theoreti.”

 Second Place:

2nd Place – Ye-eun “Ann” Lee, JooHee Park and Haran Cha, Battlefield High School

Project: The Effect of Different Sorbents on Cleaning Up Oil Pollution in Fresh Water.”

Honorable Mention:  

Honorable Mention – Mike Ostrich, Seton School

Project: “Should a Filter Be Bought So Contaminants Are Caught?”