Join The National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation, Earn Prizes, Reduce Bills

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — Laurel Mayor Craig A. Moe has teamed up with other mayors across the country in asking residents to make a long-term commitment to reduce pollution and manage water resources more wisely through the National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation.

In return, residents can win $3,000 toward their home utility payments, water saving fixtures and hundreds of other prizes. Plus, one lucky charity from a winning city will receive a 2022 Toyota Highlander Hybrid to serve the community.

The annual challenge that runs April 1-30 is a non-profit national community service campaign that encourages leaders to inspire their residents to make a series of simple pledges at mywaterpledge.com to use water more efficiently, reduce pollution and save energy.

Last year, residents from more than 2,000 cities in all 50 U.S. states pledged to reduce their annual consumption of fresh water by more than 3 billion gallons, reduce waste sent to landfills by 80 million pounds and preventing hundreds of thousands of pounds of hazardous waste from entering watersheds.

To participate, residents go to mywaterpledge.com and then make a series of online pledges to conserve water on behalf of Laurel.

"We are competing against other cities with a similar population," Moe said.

The foundation has also created a new digital tool called MyVolunteer Water Project, in support of the program, that gives residents a unique way to do hands-on home, community and workplace projects year-round in support of their city’s sustainability efforts. The more projects residents do throughout the year, the better chance a city wins the mayor’s challenge in April.