News Release
NC State Students Take On UNC Chapel Hill in Water Conservation Challenge
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Keith Nichols, News Services, (919) 515-7159
November 7, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For Wolfpack and Tarheel fans, there’s little of more importance this week than the upcoming football game. Maybe only the drought that continues across North Carolina and the Southeast rises above.
With both the rivalry game and the drought in mind, North Carolina State University Chancellor James Oblinger and Student Body President Bobby Mills have issued a water conservation challenge to UNC-Chapel Hill – and the challenge has been accepted.
Beginning Saturday, Nov. 10, the day of the football game, and continuing through the Feb. 20 UNC-NC State basketball game, students in the residence halls on both campuses will compete to see who can conserve the most water compared to last year’s water use.
On NC State’s campus, residence hall buildings in the competition include Alexander, Bagwell, Becton, Berry, Bowen, Bragaw, Carroll, Gold, Lee, Metcalf, Owen, Sullivan, Syme, Tucker, Turlington, Watauga, Welch, Wood and all Wolf Village buildings.
“Water conservation is an important issue -- and not just during a drought,” Oblinger said. “Like our colleagues at Chapel Hill, NC State has for the last several years taken steps to reduce its water consumption, and we will continue to do so.
“While we might be friendly rivals in athletics, our universities share a common goal of being leaders in the state and being good stewards of the state’s resources. This water conservation challenge is a good way to further focus attention on the need to conserve and create an atmosphere where our students can be creative in their conservation measures and have some fun for a good cause.”
“Between the measures the university and students have already taken, we’ve made some pretty significant steps toward conservation. I know Chapel Hill has, too, but we need to show them how the Wolfpack does it,” Mills said.
Housing and facilities will work with students to provide additional ways for students to conserve. Each building will be metered and periodic updates of the water usage will be posted on the Web.