The Department of Water Supply (DWS), County of Hawai‘i, congratulates all Big Island schoolchildren who entered the Department’s 8th Annual Keiki Water Conservation Poster Contest! Nearly 400 K-6 students from public, private and charter schools along with homeschoolers demonstrated their knowledge of water conservation and artistic skills through their poster entries. This year’s contest theme was “Make Every Drop Count.” Mahalo to the students’ teachers and parents for promoting water conservation. Please see the entries and remember to do your part to protect and preserve our most precious resource – safe drinking water!
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Poster Contest Winners
- DWS 2026 Conservation Poster Contest Winners
- DWS 2025 Conservation Poster Contest Winners
- DWS 2024 Conservation Poster Contest Winners
- DWS 2023 Conservation Poster Contest Winners
- DWS 2022 Conservation Poster Contest Winners
- DWS 2021 Conservation Poster Contest Winners
- DWS 2020 Conservation Poster Contest Winners
- DWS 2019 Conservation Poster Contest Winners
2026 Poster Contest Winners
Kindergarten
1st Place
John Olson
Homeschooler
First Grade
1st Place
Elina Pyhala
Homeschooler
2nd Place
Tyler Jean Rapozo
Kanu o ka ʻĀina New Century Charter School
3rd Place
Atlas Van Brunt
Innovations Public Charter School
Second Grade
1st Place
Kaliho Kitahara
Homeschooler
2nd Place
Malulani Taketa
E.B. deSilva Elementary
3rd Place
Emi Miyashiro
E.B. deSilva Elementary
Third Grade
1st Place
Aria Sofio
E.B. deSilva Elementary
2nd Place
Braxtyn Victorino
Kea’au Elementary
3rd Place
Halia Aiu-Horie-Akui
Kea’au Elementary
Fourth Grade
1st Place
Parker-Jean Hashimoto
E.B. deSilva Elementary
2nd Place
Chloe Tagalicud
Kea’au Elementary
3rd Place
Callen Ginoza
E.B. deSilva Elementary
Fifth Grade
1st Place
Emi Kobayashi
Waiākeawaena Elementary
2nd Place
Emily Creekmur
Waiākeawaena Elementary
3rd Place
Quentin Bassett
Waiākeawaena Elementary
Sixth Grade
1st Place
Tylee Rapozo
Kanu o ka ʻĀina New Century Charter School
