Students Recognized For Protecting Drinking Water (PA)
PHILADELPHIA (May 5, 2011) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
recognized three schools and an individual in the Schuylkill River
Watershed today for developing educational environmental projects
that help protect drinking water.
Those receiving the Schuylkill Action Network
Drinking Water Scholastic awards included:
• Miquon School, Philadelphia School
District - The Schuylkill Stories
Video Contest Award
• Hereford Elementary School, Upper
Perkiomen School District
• Upper Perkiomen High School
• Amy Goldfischer, Havertown (home
schooled)
“Education plays an enormous part in
protecting and restoring the Schuylkill Watershed,” said EPA
Deputy Regional Administrator William C. Early. “Schools in
the Watershed are not only educating students about pollution
sources and environmental protection, they are leading by
example.”
The Awards were presented in celebration of
National Drinking Water Week, May 1-7, 2011. The students initiated
innovative approaches to educating other students and the community
about source water protection, such as creating a campus rain
garden and monitoring water chemistry in streams. All of the
winning projects contribute to protecting the Schuylkill
River.
The Schuylkill River and its tributaries provide
drinking water to 1.5 million people who live in the 11 counties
and 232 municipalities included in the watershed.
The awards are presented on behalf of the
Schuylkill Action Network, which was formed in 2003 to create a
team approach to cleaning up and protecting the Schuylkill River
and its tributaries. Members include EPA, Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection, Philadelphia Water Department,
Delaware River Basin Commission, the Partnership for the Delaware
Estuary; conservation districts, local, state and federal agencies,
watershed organizations and other non-governmental
organizations.
For more information visit: http://www.schuylkillwaters.org/index.cfm