Published: June 30, 2009 11:03 am      

Local student represents state in competition

Jenna Huling, a student at Ada Junior High, has been named the state winner of the 2009 Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) competition – the most prestigious youth award for a water-related science project. Selected for her timely project on “Global Warming Effects on Ground Water / Surface Water Interactions,” Huling represented Oklahoma at the national competition, June 25-27, in Anchorage, Alaska. Here she competed against other young researchers from across the country for the opportunity to represent the United States at the international competition, which will take place in Stockholm, Sweden, this August.

Huling’s science teacher, Kelly Reynolds, also attended the national competition and worked with other science fair teachers from across the nation.

The purpose of the SJWP program is to increase students’ interest in water-related issues and to raise awareness about global water challenges.

The competition is open to projects aimed at enhancing the quality of life through improvement of water quality, water resource management, water protection, and water and wastewater treatment.

The Oklahoma Water Environment Federation, the organizer of the Oklahoma competition, is one of WEF’s 81 Member Associations.