LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Metropolitan Water District of Southern California:
| WHAT: | Up to 100 students and faculty from 11 local universities and community colleges (see accompanying list) will present 15 prototypes and policies developed to deal with regional and worldwide water issues as part of the Southern California World Water Forum. Many of these projects provide real-world solutions for specific water challenges. | ||
| Featured projects include providing clean water for a region in El Salvador, designing a water distribution and treatment system for a health center and school for the blind in Malawi in southeast Africa, and a sustainability program for a Guatemalan community. | |||
| WHEN: |
Friday, April 19, at 9 a.m. |
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| WHERE: | Board Room, Metropolitan Water District headquarters, 700 N. Alameda St., adjacent to historic Union Station, downtown Los Angeles | ||
| PARTICIPANTS: | |||
| Metropolitan Water District General Manager Jeffrey Kightlinger; William Steele, area manager, Bureau of Reclamation; Grace Robinson Chan, chief engineer/general manager, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County; college students and faculty | |||
| BACKGROUND: | |||
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Co-sponsored by Metropolitan Water District, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, the Southern California World Water Forum awards college teams $10,000 grants to research, develop and communicate water-use efficiency technology that can be employed cost-effectively in water-stressed regions, locally or globally. |
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| Since the first World Water Forum launched in late 2004, more than 300 students from more than 20 universities and community colleges have participated in three grant cycles. | |||
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a cooperative of 26 cities and water agencies serving nearly 19 million people in six counties. The district imports water from the Colorado River and Northern California to supplement local supplies, and helps its members to develop increased water conservation, recycling, storage and other resource-management programs.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WORLD WATER FORUM COLLEGE GRANT PROGRAM
RECIPIENTS
& SPONSORING AGENCIES: 2011-2013 |
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California State University, CITY OF LONG BEACH |
An Integrated Water Recycling, Treatment and Efficient Landscape Design System for Water Conservation at the American Gold Star Manor, Long Beach | ||
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Fullerton College CITY OF FULLERTON |
Wastefully or Sustainably, How Does Your Garden Grow? | ||
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Loma Linda University USBR |
Eastern Coachella Crowd Sourcing: Empowering youth to advocate for improved wastewater management | ||
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Loyola Marymount University |
Clean Water for Isla Espiritu Santo, Usulatán, El Salvador | ||
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Loyola Marymount University |
Water Conveyance and Filtration System for the Malingunde School for the Blind and Health Center | ||
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Mt. San Antonio College THREE VALLEYS MWD |
Mt. SAC Student Water Forum | ||
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Pasadena City College CITY OF PASADENA |
Water, Fish and Food: Aquaponic Technology & Community Outreach in Times of Water Scarcity | ||
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San Diego State University HELIX WATER DISTRICT |
Formation of Halonitromethanes during Ozonation of Drinking Water | ||
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San Diego State University CITY OF SAN DIEGO |
Compressible Filters from Flexible Granular Media | ||
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University of California,
Los Angeles LADWP |
Water Sustainability Project: Chocantariy, Guatemala | ||
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University of California, Riverside WESTERN MWD |
Pulse Method: Pasteurization Using a Lens and Solar Energy Method | ||
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University of California, Riverside WESTERN MWD |
Are Water Conservation Programs Effective? | ||
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University of California,
Santa Barbara USBR |
Groundwater Chlorination and Distribution System Design for Rural Kenyan Communities | ||
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University of California,
Santa Barbara USBR |
Bucket Biosand Filter Enhanced with Slow-Release Silver-Impregnated Ceramic Debris: An Innovative Point-of-Use Water Filtration and Disinfection System for Malawi and Beyond | ||
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Woodbury University /
Aridlands Institute CITY OF BURBANK |
"Where is it? Let's (re)Use It": Developing a Fine-Scaled Geospatial Modeling Tool for the Strategic Reassessing and Uncovering of Urban Stormwater Resources | ||
