Dow Water & Process Solutions

Dow Water Solutions Coloring and Essay Contests In Honor of World Water Day

Edina, MN - March 03, 2009

Dow Water Solutions, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company (Dow), and a global leader in water purification, seawater desalination, contamination removal and water reuse solutions, is pleased to announce it will sponsor a variety of water awareness contests in conjunction with World Water Day March 22, 2009, an international day to celebrate freshwater.

"World Water Day, and every day, is a time to act to protect one of our most precious resources - water," said Harry Engelhardt, Jr., site leader for Dow Water Solutions' Edina Operations. "We hope these contests will help raise the level of awareness and educate the next generation of community leaders about how they can start preserving one of the most valuable resources today."

In honor of this special day designated by the United Nations, Dow Water Solutions is inviting children grades one through six in all Twin Cities' area public, private and home schools to participate in a coloring contest on how they are saving water.

In addition, all Twin Cities' area students in grades seven through twelve are invited to participate in an essay contest. The topic of the essay is, "What I am doing to save water?" Essays will be limited to 100 words.

Entry forms for both contests are available exclusively on Dow Water Solutions' website, www.dowwatersolutions.com. The deadline to enter is March 19, 2009.

A panel of judges will review all submissions and select a winner for each grade level. The winners will be notified and announced on Monday, March 23. All winning posters and essays will be displayed on the Dow Water Solutions website.

About World Water Day

World Water Day is held annually on March 22, as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. It was established as an international day to celebrate freshwater at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The first World Water Day was March 22, 1993.

About Dow Water Solutions

Dow Water Solutions is a performance-based business unit comprised of leading world-class brands and enabling component technologies designed to advance the science of water purification around the world, including seawater desalination, contaminant removal and water reuse. With more than 1,000 employees worldwide, the business maintains five production facilities globally to manufacture, market and sell reverse osmosis membranes, ion exchange resins,  titanium-based arsenic removal media, ultrafiltration, and electrodeionization components. Dow Water Solutions also manufactures, markets and sells premier water purification systems in China. For additional information about Dow Water Solutions products, visit www.dowwatersolutions.com.

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