Published:
Students from 36 Southland High Schools Build Boats for Metropolitan Water District's Eighth Annual Solar Cup Program
(BUSINESS WIRE) - Metropolitan Water District:
|
WHAT:
|
|
Hundreds of students from Southland high schools build canoe-like
hulls they will take back to their schools and equip with solar
panels, batteries, motors and steering for Metropolitan Water
District's Solar Cup competition in May, 2010.
|
|
|
|
WHEN:
|
|
8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7
and 21; teams are split between two dates.
|
|
|
|
WHERE:
|
|
Three Valleys Municipal Water District, 1021 E. Miramar Ave.,
Claremont; Los Angeles Thomas Guide page 571 6-F
|
|
|
|
VISUALS:
|
|
Hundreds of high school students from Los Angeles, Orange, San
Diego, Riverside and San Bernardino counties nailing and
gluing-together marine-grade plywood to build 16-foot-long
single-seat hulls for nation's largest solar-boat competition. Teams
will spend next seven months equipping the hulls for the May 2010
competition at Lake Skinner near Temecula.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DVD B-roll of completed boats
racing in previous Solar Cup available at boat-building event.
Optimum photo ops generally between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
|
|
|
|
BACKGROUND:
|
|
Solar Cup is a seven-month program of the Metropolitan Water
District and its member public water agencies in which teams of high
school students build and race solar-powered boats. At kick-off
event, students are given tool chests and kits of pre-cut
marine-grade plywood to assemble the hulls they will subsequently
equip and race in the May 14-16 Solar Cup event at Lake Skinner,
Temecula.
|
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a
cooperative of 26 cities and water agencies serving 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.
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Rob Hallwachs,
(213) 217-6450
(213) 324-1255 cell
Copyright © 2009, Business Wire, Inc., All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2009, NewsBlaze,
Daily NewsTags: Business wire, california, Education and schools, , Utilities
Search News
Daily News
