Water Conservation Advisory Council Opens Nominations for Annual Blue Legacy Awards in Municipal, Agricultural & Manufacturing Water Conservation

AUSTIN - (September 2, 2014) - The Water Conservation Advisory Council (Council) announced the opening of the nomination period for the Blue Legacy Awards in municipal, agricultural and manufacturing water conservation. The Blue Legacy Award is an annual award program that recognizes the outstanding water conservation efforts and successes of entities and individuals. The Council is excited to recognize innovators across the state who champion preserving the state's most precious resource, water. Each award category provides several opportunities for nominees to showcase their efforts. The Blue Legacy Award in municipal water conservation is open to municipalities, wholesale water providers, water supply corporations, water supply districts and utility districts. Recognition is given to those who have demonstrated their commitment to responsible management of water resources who have overcome challenges faced by municipal water suppliers. The Blue Legacy Award in agricultural water conservation recognizes producers and non-producers who actively conserve water and work to increase water use efficiency within agriculture while promoting those practices among their peers. Past winners honored by the Council include family farms, groundwater conservation districts and irrigations districts with a long history of water conservation.

The Blue Legacy Award for water conservation in manufacturing is a new award category presented by the Council. This award recognizes those using water in food and beverage products, textiles and apparel, paper products, petroleum refining, chemical products, metals, computers and electronic products and transportation equipment. The industry has been working to improve old technologies and meet production goalss with lower water demands.  The nomination period for the 2015 Blue Legacy Awards will remain open until November 3, 2014. Awardees will be chosen by panels organized by the Council, notified by support staff, and invited to attend an award ceremony. To learn more about the 2015 Blue Legacy Awards, visit www.savetexaswater.org or contact Katherine Thigpen, Council Support Staff, at Katherine.Thigpen@TWDB.Texas.Gov or (512) 463-1667. Article provided by the Water Conservation Advisory Council ~ PO Box 13231 ~ Austin, TX 78711