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Water Saving Solutions Earn Local Students Prizes in 30 Seconds
Water Conservation is the Focus of Alameda County Water District's WaterClips Student Video Contest
Fremont, Calif. – . –Tri-City area students and guests received a blue carpet welcome as they walked into Alameda County Water District's headquarters for the first in-person WaterClips Student Video Contest awards ceremony on May 12 at a District Board Meeting. Launched in 2019, the contest provides a creative outlet for Fremont, Newark and Union City students to highlight essential water topics using 30-second videos. This year's contest theme called on students to focus on the importance of water conservation and provide water-saving solutions for residents.
A panel of local judges representing government, television and radio industries selected winning video entries from students in grades 6-12 representing Middle and High School categories. Qualifying entries met contest criteria, video theme and length.
Student video entries were scored based on relevancy to the topic, entertainment value, creativity, originality and overall quality of their video.
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“These videos combine students' technical savvy, imagination and production skills underscoring practical solutions for the community to conserve water during ongoing drought," said ACWD Board President John Weed. “I’m proud of their efforts and hope sharing their videos will be informative and beneficial to our community.”
Middle School Winners
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| First Prize Winner | Second Prize Winner | Third Prize Winner |
| Emily Ku, Grade 7 Video: “Water Tips and Tricks” Circle of Independent Learning Middle School, Fremont | Srijani Vutukuri, Grade 7 & Sanshray Vakkalagadda Grade 6 Video: “Save Water: A Stop Motion Film” Thornton Junior High School Forest Park Elementary School Middle School, Fremont | Nidhi Riju, Grade 8 Video: “Wait, Water Matters?” John M. Horner Middle School, Fremont |
High School Winners
| First Prize Winner | Second Prize Winner | Third Prize Winner |
| Anushka Madhavani, Grade 10 Video: “Conservation Around Us” Mission San Jose High School, Fremont | Yvette Venegas, Grade 11 Video: “How to Conserve Water From Your Home” Newark Memorial High School, Newark | Gurnoor Sandhu & Anay Agrawal Grade 9 Video: “How You Should Conserve Water” Irvington High School, Fremont |
Honorable Mention
| Aaruni Rao, Grade 7 Video: “A Call to Save Water” Thornton Junior High School, Fremont | Kate Intrasuwan, Grade 11 Video: “Ways of Water!” Irvington High School, Fremont | |
