MURRAY, Ky. –Students from across the United States are banning together in the JETS (Junior Engineer Technical Society) TEAMS competition to help eliminate the global issue of water shortage and purification. Recently, this issue has been targeted and amplified by the destruction in Haiti.

The 31st annual TEAMS competition is themed “Water, Water Everywhere.” According to JETS, “Some 10,000 ninth- to 12th-graders will gather for one-day over a four-week period from Feb. 15 - March 16 at more than 100 host sites in 42 states, including 79 colleges and universities, and more than 30 high schools” Murray State University has enthusiastically agreed to host a part of the competition in support of this growing social injustice.

This competition will educate high school students through hands-on experience that could spark an interest in becoming an engineer and eventually lead to a career. The competition also challenges teams to analyze the effectiveness of technology within the water supply system, create processes such as desalination and design technologies that attempt to reverse the effects that land projects have on community’s watersheds. By exploring this opportunity, it will allow high school students to experience the magnitude of the water supply system and its ability to work effectively. The top two level teams across the United States will receive $2,500 for their schools and a three-day trip to Walt Disney World.

JETS is a non-profit organization whose main goal is to promote the importance of engineers and demonstrate how incredibly valuable they are to our society.

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