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ACWD Awards Scholarships to Tri-City Students and Teachers
Alameda County Water District awards students and teachers for videos raising awareness about finding and fixing leaks.
Fremont, Calif - The spotlight shined on Tri-City area students as the Alameda County Water District awarded contest winners at a special Board Meeting on May 15 for their cinematic achievements in the 5th annual WaterClips Student Video Contest. Over 100 students competing as individual or team entries submitted 30-second videos to raise awareness about an essential water topic – finding and fixing leaks.
Live-action and animated videos dominated submissions, with students vying for scholarships up to $500. The contest challenged students to convey the importance of finding and fixing leaks to conserve water and reduce water waste in Fremont, Newark and Union City homes, schools and businesses.
The District also awarded classroom scholarships to teachers for sponsoring winning student videos and to teachers sponsoring ten or more qualified video entries.
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Distinguished representatives from government, television and environmental industries served as judges to select winning video entries from students in grades 6-12 in Middle and High School categories.
"The talent and creativity demonstrated by our students in tackling the issue of detecting and addressing leaks is truly inspiring. Their award-winning videos promote awareness about a water waste culprit and inspire action for a more sustainable future,” said ACWD Board President Jim Gunther.
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Middle School Winners
| First Prize Winner - $500 Eesha Rustagi and Aarush Sundararajan, Grade 8 Video: “Leaky Faucet – We Got It!” John M. Horner Middle School | Second Prize Winner - $250 Dhaanush Karthikeyan, Grade 7 Video: “How to Find and Fix Leaks” Thornton Middle School | Third Prize Winner - $100 Aditya Madhavani, Grade 7 Video: “Finding and Fixing Leaks” William Hopkins Middle School |
High School Winners
| First Prize Winner - $500 Daniel Loy, Grade 10 Video: “Find and Fix Leaks: Save Water!” Circle of Independent Learning | Second Prize Winner - $250 Semi Jung, Gitasri Dintakurthi, Aditi Pangal and Joyce Yan, Grade 10 Video: “L.E.A.K.S.” Mission San Jose High School | Third Prize Winner - $100 Roland Lee, Nolan Lee, Himank Gangwal, Nikhil Cidambi and Aarush Laddha Grade 10 Video: “Don’t Let Leaks Drain You” Mission San Jose High School |
In addition, award-winning student entries received a free movie ticket and local movie theaters will show winning entries in advance of featured films beginning May 17.
For a complete list of winners, honorable mentions and recognized teachers, and to watch the winning videos about finding and fixing leaks, visit acwd.org/waterclips.
Since 1914, the Alameda County Water District has supplied water to the residents and businesses of southern Alameda County. ACWD supplies drinking water to the 344,000 people living in the cities of Fremont, Newark and Union City. For more information, please visit www.acwd.org.
