FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb 7, 2020
Contact: Jason Hogue, Director of Marketing and Communications, 402-872-2429
Peru, Nebraska - Peru State College Rotaract is asking students, faculty and staff to conserve water
on campus and in the community. Following the historic floods in the spring of 2019,
the City of Peru and Peru State College are working with residents and students to
encourage voluntary water conservation.
After trucking in water from Auburn for a number of months, the City of Peru was able
to install a temporary water treatment plant. The temporary installation has an upper
limit on its water treatment abilities that irresponsible water use could potentially
strain.
In response to the ongoing conservation efforts, Peru State Rotaract is asking for
volunteers to pledge to conserve water this semester and in the future. Past efforts
on campus to conserve water have been impressive and Rotaract hopes this drive will
continue that effort.
Some of the ways you can help the effort:
- Don’t use the toilet as a trashcan: every time you flush the toilet for a piece of toilet paper or trash, you use 4.5 gallons of water.
- Don’t run the shower before you get in.
- Spend less time in the shower. The average shower uses around 2 gallons per minute.
- Don’t leave the water on when you brush your teeth.
The purpose of Rotaract is to provide an opportunity for young men and women to enhance
the knowledge and skills that will assist them in personal development, to address
the physical and social needs of their communities, and to promote better relations
between all people worldwide through a framework of friendship and service.
Rotaract has more than 10,000 clubs worldwide and is sponsored by Rotary International.
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Thomas Veleba contributed to this release.