• Is there a water leader/innovator that you’d like to see honored? Wholly H2o is one of the participating organizations in this year’s Silicon Valley Water Leadership Awards.  We’ve extended the deadline to apply of nominate until this coming Friday.

    Seeking Applications and Nominations

    A coalition of fourteen organizations – including water agencies, business networks and nonprofits – is accepting applications and nominations for the third annual Silicon Valley Water Conservation Awards.  The deadline is Friday, January 28, 2011.

    Recognizing the primacy of water issues to the health and economic vitality of our region and to the environment, the Awards are presented to organizations, agencies, businesses and individuals whose programs and leadership have advanced water conservation in Silicon Valley (San Mateo County, Santa Clara County and Alameda County from Hayward south).

    Award Categories:

    Government Agency/Water Utility
    Business
    Organization
    Agriculture
    Greenscape Management
    Education
    Technology Innovation*
    Water Champion
    Holistic Solution
    *The Technology Innovation Award is open to any company with its headquarters or an office in the Bay Area that has at least one client in Silicon Valley.

    Timeline for 2011 Awards:

    January 28, 2011 – Application/Nomination process closes

    March 22, 2011 (World Water Day) – Awards Presentation and Ceremony

    Additional information is available at http://www.WaterAwards.org.  The application/nomination form can be found at http://www.waterawards.org/index.php/application-form.html.

    The coalition sponsoring the Awards includes: Acterra, Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency, Clean Water Action, California Native Plant Society, Imagine H2O, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network, Santa Clara County Creeks Coalition, Santa Clara Valley Water District, Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Sustainable San Mateo County, Sustainable Silicon Valley, Tuolumne River Trust and Wholly H2o.

    Recipients of the 2010 Water Conservation Awards were: City of Hayward, Cisco Systems, Humane Society Silicon Valley, Nurserymen’s Exchange, California Landscape Contractors Association, and Campbell Union School District.  See http://www.waterawards.org/index.php/awardees2010.html