Foothill Municipal Water District (Foothill) recently concluded its ninth annual “Water Is Life” student art competition.

The contest was open to all students in grades K-12 who attend a school located within the service area of a member water agency that Foothill serves. This includes schools primarily located within La Crescenta-Montrose, La Cañada Flintridge and Altadena.

Foothill narrowed down submissions to the top 10 entries, which will be submitted to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) for further consideration to be included in the 2021 “Water Is Life” student art calendar. Winners will be selected in the fall and honored at a student art exhibit and recognition event sponsored by MWD. Criteria for judging the art pieces consisted of addressing the theme of the contest, originality of the piece and slogan, and degree of visual and word clarity.

In August the top entries were recognized during a Foothill board of directors meeting. Students will receive prizes including gift certificates for their accomplishments. The top 10 entries are as follows:

Kindergarten – Third Grade

Jake Candler – First Place – La Cañada Elementary

Fourth Grade – Sixth Grade

Lauren Park – First Place – Palm Crest Elementary

Olivia Hur – Second Place – Rosemont Middle

Henry Vartanian – Honorable Mention – Crestview Prep

Brianna Zhu – Honorable Mention – Monte Vista Elementary

Seventh – 12th Grade

Taili Sherwood Kong – First Place –Crescenta Valley HS

Heidy Hur – Second Place – Crescenta Valley HS

Sinead Augilar – Honorable Mention – Crescenta Valley HS

Katie Thibault – Honorable Mention – Crescenta Valley HS

Valery Alvarez – Honorable Mention – Rosemont Middle School

Foothill Municipal Water District provides imported water to Crescenta Valley Water District, La Cañada Irrigation District, Liberty Utilities (formerly Mesa Crest Water company), Valley Water Company, Lincoln Avenue Water Company, Las Flores Water Company and Rubio Cañon Land & Water Association. Kinneloa Irrigation District, another retail agency, takes no water from Foothill.