Young artists making a splash in National Water Week

A student poster encouraging people to save every drop.

Yarra Valley Water has announced the winners of its 2025 National Water Week poster competition.

This year’s theme, Water Heroes: Save Every Drop, inspired preschool and primary school students across Yarra Valley Water’s service area to share their water-saving messages through art.

Yarra Valley Water Manager Director Natalie Foeng said the entries showed talent and a strong understanding of why saving water matters.

“We had so many wonderful entries come through. The standard was incredibly high, but what really stood out was how students embraced this year’s theme and showed why every drop counts,” she said.

“Competitions like this are a fun and creative way to help our young people develop lifelong water-saving habits. Judging by this year’s entries, they’re well on their way to becoming the next generation of water heroes.”

Students from Yarra Valley Water’s service area also received statewide recognition, with Bulleen Preschool taking out first place in the state for the Preschool (Collaborative) category, and Vir from Beverley Hills Primary School coming 2nd in the Years 5-6 category.

Winners – Yarra Valley Water service area

Preschool (Collaborative)

1^st: Bulleen Preschool
2^nd: Barry Beckett Children’s Centre
3^rd: Goodstart Early Learning Centre Ringwood

Prep/Foundation

1^st: Vivaan (Malvern Central School)
2^nd: Camila (Livingstone Primary School)
3^rd: Noah (Wandin North Primary School)

Years 1-2

1^st: Colin (Canterbury Primary School)
2^nd: Rubab (Hume Anglican Grammar)
3^rd: Miya (Presbyterian Ladies College)

Years 3-4

1^st: Curtis (Glendal Primary School)
2^nd: Kevin (Aitken College)
3^rd: Riva (Serpell Primary School)

Years 5-6

1^st: Vir (Beverley Hills Primary School)
2^nd: Sofia (Glowrey Catholic Primary School)
3^rd: Noemi (Sofia Art for Kids)

Winners received a $150 gift card, while 2^nd and 3^rd placed entrants received $100 and $75 gift cards respectively.

“Congratulations to all the winners of our poster competition,” Ms Foeng said.

“Thank you to every student, teacher and parent who took part. It’s inspiring to see so many young people using their creativity to share such an important message. We can’t wait to see what they create next year.”