2017 Water Conservation Calendar Pure Water – There Is No Substitute

board of water supply city & county of honolulu 2017 Water Conservation Calendar Pure Water – There Is No Substitute friends of 630 South Beretania Street • Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96843 • (808) 748-5000 hÄlawa xeriscape www.boardofwatersupply.com garden Pure Water – There Is No Substitute Mahalo to our Sponsors Platinum Sponsor Aloha! On O‘ahu, we are fortunate to have a safe and dependable drinking water supply that is among the best in the world. Throughout the Board of Water Supply’s (BWS) 2017 Water Conservation Calendar, our island youth have expressed their appreciation for this precious resource and the vital need to help protect and preserve it. The calendar features the prize-winning entries that reflect last year’s contests’ theme “Pure Water – There Is No Substitute.” The 2016 Water Conservation Week Poster and Poetry Contests challenged O‘ahu students in grades Kindergarten through 12 to impart the message of efficient water use through words and images. More than 1,500 student artists and 430 student poets answered the call, each demonstrating a clear understanding of the value of pure, fresh drinking water and the need to conserve it to sustain our island home. This year, the BWS invites ALL O‘ahu students to enter the 2017 Water Conservation Week Poster and Poetry Contests, using the theme “CONSERVE TO PRESERVE.” Students are encouraged to reflect Gold Sponsor on, and convey in their artwork or poem, the importance of conserving water now to preserve our water supply for the future. The poster contest is open to students in grades K – 6 while the poetry contest is open to students in grades 7 – 12. This calendar contains a contest entry form, which provides the contest rules and more information, including judging criteria, on the reverse side. Details about the 2017 contests and theme are available in this calendar as well as online at www.boardofwatersupply.com. Through these contests, the BWS hopes to increase our young people’s awareness of O‘ahu’s precious water resources and inspire them to adopt water conservation as a way of life. Silver Sponsor The BWS would like to thank the Friends of Hälawa Xeriscape Garden, Sodexo Hawaii, Times Supermarkets, Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., Hard Rock Café – Honolulu, Hawaii Energy, Aloha Pacific Federal Credit Union, Board of Water Supply Federal Credit Union, and Pasha Hawaii for their generous sponsorship of this calendar. Inside you will find information about our sponsors, as well as some discount coupons. Contact the BWS at 748-5041 or [email protected] if you are interested in supporting this key water conservation education program. This year’s calendar marks the 30th Anniversary of the Water Conservation Calendar. A teacher’s calendar was added to the Water Conservation Week Poster Contest in 1987 to showcase the winning artwork of that year. On behalf of the BWS, thank you for your efforts to conserve water and please enjoy this calendar. BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY’S 2017 WATER CONSERVATION WEEK POSTER AND POETRY CONTEST ENTRY FORM DEADLINE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2017 Entries without a completed entry form will not be considered. PLEASE FILL OUT THE ENTIRE FORM. Each entry must be clearly labeled on the back, upper left corner with the STUDENT’S FULL NAME, GRADE, SCHOOL NAME, and TEACHER’S FULL NAME. (Typed labels are highly recommended.) Teacher Name Mr. / Ms. / Mrs. (circle one) ____________________________________________________________________ School ___________________________________________________________________________________ School Address ___________________________________________________________________________ School Telephone No. ___________________________________________ Grade Level _____________ Email Address _____________________________________________________________________________ My student(s) is/are entering the: q POSTER Contest q POETRY Contest Kindergarten – 6th grade 7th grade – 12th grade Total number of entries submitted: _______POSTER Contest ______POETRY Contest How did you hear about this contest? (check ALL that apply) TEAR ALONG PERFORATION TO DETACH FORM TO DETACH TEAR ALONG PERFORATION ❑ School Principal ❑ Other Teacher ❑ DOE Newsletter ❑ BWS Calendar ❑ BWS Website ❑ News Media ❑ Social Media ❑ Other (please specify) _________________________________________ By entering the contest, you agree to abide by the rules. Winning entries become the property of the Board of Water Supply. Poster and poetry entries will not be returned by the BWS. PRIZES: • POSTER Contest (K - 6th grade): 1st Place: $200, 2nd Place: $150, 3rd Place: $100 • POETRY Contest (7th – 12th grade): 1st Place: $200, 2nd Place: $150, 3rd Place: $100, 4th Place: $50 MORE INFORMATION: Visit www.boardofwatersupply.com for a complete list of contest rules, detailed listing of where to submit the entries, a listing of prizes, or to download a contest entry form. Or, call the BWS Communications Office at748-5041 or email [email protected]. BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY’S 2017 WATER CONSERVATION WEEK POSTER AND POETRY CONTEST RULES THEME: “Conserve to Preserve” • Water is essential to all living things and plays a vital role in our daily lives. Clean, fresh drinking water -- when and where we need it, at the turn of a tap -- is not an infinite resource. O‘ahu’s fresh groundwater resources must be replenished by rainfall that percolates through soil and volcanic rock all the way down to our underground aquifer. We all need to share the responsibility of conserving and using water wisely to help preserve our precious water supply for future generations. • The Board of Water Supply (BWS) encourages students to reflect on, and convey in their artwork or poem,the importance of conserving water now to preserve our water supply for the future. • Students may depict but are not limited to these concepts: general water conservation indoors, outdoors, at home, at work, and at play; sustaining water resources for future generations; watershed protection; and the water cycle. • To learn more about this year’s contest theme, O‘ahu’s water supply, and conservation, visit www.boardofwatersupply.com. ELIGIBILITY: • The POSTER contest is open to O‘ahu students in grades Kindergarten through 6. • The POETRY contest is open to O‘ahu students in grades 7 through 12. SUBMISSION: • Deadline: Wednesday, March 1, 2017, 4:30p.m. All entries must be received with a completed entry form by the deadline to be eligible. FORM TODETACH TEAR ALONGPERFORATION • Entries may be dropped off at: Board of Water Supply’s Public Service Building at 630 South Beretania Street, Monday through Friday from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Satellite City Hall during regular business hours (excluding Pearl Harbor/Hickam). • Entries may be mailed to the Board of Water Supply’s Communications Office, 630 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI 96843. CONTEST RULES: • All entries must reflect the theme of the contest as it relates to fresh drinking water. Entries focusing on ocean water, bottled water, or bottled drinks will be disqualified. • One entry per student. • No collaborative work. Students must author their own poetry/draw their own poster. Plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification. • All entries must be clearly labeled on the back, upper left corner with the STUDENT’S FULL NAME, GRADE, SCHOOL NAME, and TEACHER’S FULL NAME. (Typed labels are highly recommended.) • All entries must be accompanied by one completed entry form. If a teacher/parent is submitting multiple entries for his/her class/family, one completed entry form per grade is needed. If a completed entry form is not received, the entry/entries will be disqualified. • POSTERS must be on a 12- x 18-inch paper — landscape or portrait format. Note: If the paper size is difficult to find, purchase 24- x 36-inch paper or poster board and cut into four 12- x 18-inch pieces). Posters larger or smaller in size will be disqualified, including undersized artwork mounted on 12- x 18-inch poster board and/or paper. Poster entries using chalk, charcoal, oil-based crayons, electronic mediums, or three-dimensional art will be disqualified. • POETRY entries of any style are acceptable. Poetry entries must be 150 words or less, and no longer than 20 lines. Entries must be submitted on a standard 8.5- x 11-inch, letter-sized paper. Poetry must be typewritten or printed from a computer. Handwritten entries are not accepted. POSTER & POETRY PICK UP: Winning entries become the property of the Board of Water Supply. Poster and poetry entries will not be returned by the BWS. Non-winning posters and poems may be picked up from the BWS Communications Office at 630 S. Beretania Street, Monday through Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., between May 15 and July 7, 2017. Entries not picked up by July 7, 2017 will be discarded. 2017 Water Conservation Week Contest Theme Conserve to Preserve Many of us take for granted that we’ll always have safe, fresh drinking water whenever we open up a tap. But O‘ahu’s groundwater supply is finite and we all must do our part to help preserve and protect our water resources so it remains healthy now and in the years to come. Efforts such as protecting watershed lands, avoiding senseless water waste where possible, and using water efficiently will help extend our supplies far into the future while keeping them safe and dependable for all O‘ahu water users. Here are some of the things you can do to help: PROTECT WATERSHED LANDS – Protecting the health of our Gavin Park, 1st Place watersheds enables them to better collect the water that becomes our Gr. 3, 1996 Contest groundwater supply and meets our need for reliable water resources. Participate in projects that remove invasive plants and animals to allow native plant species to recover in our watersheds. Do not trespass on, damage, or contaminate watershed lands. Peyten Gebhard, 1st Place Kindergarten, 2006 Contest Billie-Sade Mason, Honorable AVOID SENSELESS WATER WASTE – Water, like any other precious Mention Gr. 4, 2009 Contest resource, should not be misused or squandered.

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