Orange County Municipal Water District Honors Mission Renaissance Student

Aug. 5, 2010 - PRLog -- Rancho Santa Margarita, California - The Orange County Municipal Water District announced 8 year old Henry Liu as one of the top three winners of their 2010 Water Education Poster and Slogan contest.  Henry is a student at Mission: Renaissance Fine Art Classes, an art school founded by American fine artist and educator Larry Gluck.  The mission:  Bring back the genuine basics of fine art. http://www.thegluckmethod.com

The Santa Margarita Water District recognized Henry Liu as a winner at its June 23rd Board meeting.  His artwork will be displayed at the Santa Margarita Water District office for a limited time.  For more information: http://www.smwd.com

The young artist was also recognized by the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) at an awards reception at the Discovery Science Center.  He received a framed version of his artwork, a t-shirt with images of his work and a beautiful trophy.  His work depicts a plumber fixing a leaky faucet to encourage people to save water by fixing leaks.
The Santa Margarita Water District is Orange County’s second-largest water district, providing water and wastewater treatment services to more than 150,000 residents and businesses in Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, Coto de Caza, Las Flores,  Ladera Ranch, and Talega.

The District is divided into eight improvement districts that encompass approximately 52,000 acres of land. Improvement districts function as operating units of SMWD, and each improvement district’s facilities are funded with its own bonds, so residents of older neighborhoods don’t have to pay for facilities in new neighborhoods. These districts also allow SMWD to meet the diverse needs of specific service areas, factoring in land use, topography, ownership lines, water supply and wastewater treatment needs.
Southern California may be a beautiful place to live, but it’s also heavily populated with few local water sources. Water districts in north Orange County have access to an underground aquifer, which supplies them with about more than half of their water supply. However, with no aquifer to tap in south Orange County, SMWD relies upon other water sources, such as groundwater reuse and water recycling programs, to supply residents with water.

Nearly all of the District’s water supply is purchased from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which delivers water to the region from Northern California via State Water Project and from the Colorado River via the Colorado River Aqueduct. Water from both sources is purified and tested at the Diemer Filtration Plant in Yorba Linda to make sure it meets federal drinking water standards.

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