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9-Year-Old’s Science Fair Project Saves City Thousands of Gallons of Water
11:34 pm in nevada, Science & Technology, water conservation by TreeHugger
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So often there's the sense that only with dramatic change can we bring about a more sustainable world -- but in reality, sometimes all it takes is the imagination of a child. Meet Mason Perez, a 9-year-old from Reno, Nevada, whose science fair project has helped save his community tens of thousands of gallons of water. Two years ago, at age 7, the gradeschooler discovered an all-too-common point of waste that had been overlooked by grown-ups for ages. And, with just one surprisingly simple fix, Mason found a wa...Read the full story on TreeHugger
