The Water Cycle: Why We Need to Think Outside the Sink
Background Information and Messages
The 2025 Water Awareness Video Contest is challenging students to explore the need for Solano County residents to think globally and act locally in order to conserve water.
Students should create a one-minute public service announcement video explaining how we can all work together to conserve water on a broad scale.
We encourage students to think about ALL the different ways people, industries, and institutions use water, and to offer creative conservation ideas in their PSAs.
This theme supports and echoes the statewide Save Our Water campaign. You may have seen their billboard and online advertisements seeking to spread this idea, saying, “Together, let’s make water conservation a way of life.”
To address this year's theme, here are some questions to consider while making your video:
1) How do you and your household use water in "hidden” or indirect ways?
For example, if you eat a salad for lunch, a farmer needed water to grow those vegetables in order for you to have them to eat.
See the Resources page for more examples of different water users in our society.
2) How can you help conserve water that is used in these indirect ways?
3) How do people use water at your school? Are there any ways water can be conserved there?
4) How do you use water at home? Are there any ways you can conserve water at home?
Water-saving tips are available on our Resources page.