May 9, 2017   SOURCE: BusinessWire

Hundreds of Students to Compete in Nation’s Largest Solar-Powered Boat Competition

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California:

WHAT:

   

More than 700 students from 43 Southern California high school teams to race solar-powered boats they built over the past six months. The event culminates an education program sponsored by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California through which students learn how to apply the math, science and engineering lessons they’ve learned in the classroom to the real world challenge of building the fastest solar-powered boat possible. After completing qualifying races, the boats compete in two 90-minute endurance heats around a 1.6 kilometer course and two 200-meter sprint races.

 

Note: Student teams are putting the final touches on their boats and will test them in the water in various locations this weekend and next week. See attached sheet for a list of schools and call for testing details and to arrange coverage before May 19.

 

WHEN:

8 a.m. to 4 p.m., May 19-21
 

WHERE:

Lake Skinner, Temecula Valley. Take Interstate 15 to Rancho California Road at Temecula, go 10 miles northeast to main gate, following signs to site.
 

VISUALS:

Each day of Solar Cup features students, decked out in team shirts and hats, working on, launching and racing solar-powered boats. Media boat is available to take reporters, photographers and television/cable crews onto lake for close-up footage. B-roll footage also is available via FTP site. Competition includes student-produced, 60-second water conservation videos and social media campaigns.

BACKGROUND:

Solar Cup began in 2002 with eight teams and about 80 students. In the 15 years since, it has grown into the nation’s largest solar-powered boat competition. Along the way, more than 10,000 young men and women have participated in Solar Cup competitions, where they’ve learned about water resource management, alternative energy development, and sustainability and been inspired to pursue careers in math, physics, engineering and environmental science.

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a state-established cooperative of 26 cities and water agencies serving nearly 19 million people in six counties. The district imports water from the Colorado River and Northern California to supplement local supplies, and helps its members to develop increased water conservation, recycling, storage and other resource-management programs.

       
2017 Solar Cup School List            

City, State, ZIP

   

School Name

   

Member Agency Sponsor

   

Co-Sponsor Agencies

Los Angeles    

Academia Avance

    Los Angeles DWP      
Huntington Park     Alliance Collins Family College Ready High School     Central Basin MWD      
Anaheim     Anaheim High School     Anaheim Public Utilities      
Arcadia     Arcadia High School     Upper San Gabriel Valley MWD      
Los Angeles     Banning Academies of Creative And Innovative Sciences (BACIS)     Los Angeles DWP      
Burbank     Burbank High School     Burbank Water & Power      
Calabasas     Calabasas High School     Las Virgenes MWD      
Chino     Chino High School     Inland Empire Utilities Agency     City of Chino
Chino Hills     Chino Hills High School     Inland Empire Utilities Agency     City of Chino Hills
Huntington Beach     Coast High School     Municipal Water District of OC     City of Huntington Beach
Compton     Compton High School     City of Compton      
Escondido     Del Lago Academy     San Diego County Water Authority      
Pomona     Diamond Ranch High School     Three Valleys MWD     Walnut Valley Water District, City of Pomona
Downey     Downey High School     Central Basin MWD      
Wildomar     Elsinore HS / Lakeside HS     Western MWD     Elsinore Valley MWD
Lawndale     Environmental Charter High School     West Basin MWD      
Los Angeles     Franklin High School     Los Angeles DWP      
Pomona     Fremont Academy of Engineering & Design     Three Valleys MWD     City of Pomona
San Marcos     High Tech High North County     San Diego County Water Authority      
Norwalk     John Glenn High School     Central Basin MWD      
Pasadena     John Muir High School     Pasadena Water & Power      
Fontana     Kaiser High School     Inland Empire Utilities Agency     Fontana Water Company
La Cañada Flintridge     La Cañada High School     Foothill MWD     La Cañada Irrigation District, Valley Water Co.
La Puente     La Puente High School     Upper San Gabriel Valley MWD      
Lennox     Lennox Academy     West Basin MWD      
Rancho Cucamonga     Los Osos High School     Inland Empire Utilities Agency     Cucamonga Valley Water
Long Beach     McBride High School     Long Beach Water Department      
Manhattan Beach     Mira Costa High School     West Basin MWD      
El Monte     Mountain View High School     Upper San Gabriel Valley MWD      
Murrieta     Murrieta Mesa High School     Eastern MWD     Rancho California Water District
Riverside     Norte Vista High School     Western MWD     Riverside Public Utilities
Nuevo     Nuview Bridge Early College HS     Eastern MWD     Rancho California Water District
Cypress     Oxford Academy     Municipal Water District of OC     Golden State Water
Palos Verdes Estates     Palos Verdes High School     West Basin MWD      
Paramount     Paramount High School West     Central Basin MWD      
Romoland     Perris Union High SD Team (Heritage HS; Paloma Valley HS; Perris HS)     Eastern MWD     Rancho California Water District
Burbank     Providence High School     Burbank Water & Power      
Riverside     Riverside Poly High School     Western MWD     Riverside Public Utilities
San Dimas     San Dimas High School     Three Valleys MWD     Golden State Water
La Puente     Santana High School     Three Valleys MWD     Rowland Water District
Temecula     Temecula Valley Team (Chaparral HS/ Great Oak HS /Temecula Valley HS)     Eastern MWD     Rancho California Water District
Los Angeles     Venice HS STEMM Magnet     Los Angeles DWP      
West Covina     West Covina High School     Upper San Gabriel Valley MWD