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Contact: Public Relations Department
Suffolk County Water Authority
PO Box 37
Oakdale NY 11769
(631) 563-0296

March 22, 2002
2002 Water Week Activities

We recently mailed lettersto more than 300 principals throughout Suffolk County announcing our 2002 Water Week Slogan Contest and are please to announce that entries are already being received. The first three schools to participate this year are OUR LADY OF THE HAMPTONS in Southhampton, RILEY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in Calverton and DICKINSON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in East Northport. We look forward to receiving more entries soon.

Teachers of third through eighth grade students in Suffolk may want to help them participate in the contest, an official activity of Suffolk's Groundwater Guardian Team. This year's theme is "What Makes Suffolk Drinking Water Special?" Entries are limited to one per student and must be submitted by teachers or school officials. The other rules are as follows:

1. The slogan should be printed neatly in ink on the front of a standard business envelope. Please write the grade level on the envelope as well.

2. An index card giving the name of the child; the school, its address and telephone number; and the teacher of the participant should be placed inside each envelope. The envelopes should then be sealed.

3. Entries should be mailed to June Bolton, SCWA Public Relations Assistant, P.O. Box 38, Oakdale, NY 11769 no later than April 16, 2002.

Please see our Press Releases section to read previous winning slogans and learn the identities of previous winners. For more information on the Long Island Groundwater Research Institute's Water Week Poster Contest for students in grades 1-12, also a Groundwater Guardian activity, please call Dr. Henry Bokuniewicz at 632-8674 or 632-6912. For more information on the Water Week Essay Contest, please call 632-3071.

The Suffolk County Water Authority is a public benefit corporation operating by virtue of the Public Authorities law of the State of New York. Serving about 80% of Suffolk's residents, it operates without taxing power on a non-profit basis.