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<p>KINGSTON &#8212; Pennsylvania American Water announced today the winners of its &#8220;Imagine a Day Without Water&#8221; social media-based photograph contest, which challenged customers to share how a day without water might impact their daily routines.</p><p>One of the winners is from Luzerne County.</p><p>The contest on Instagram and Twitter during October highlighted the company&#8217;s involvement in the national &#8220;Imagine a Day Without Water&#8221; promotion, an industry-wide education campaign by the Value of Water Coalition to raise awareness and build support for investment in drinking water systems.</p><p>The contest&#8217;s Grand Prize winner was Emma Marek, of Kingston, whose photo depicting what washing clothing would look like without water earned her an iPad Air 32GB. First runner-up was Melanie Stevans from Washington County, who claimed an iPad mini, and the second runner-up was Cindy Cox of Lackawanna County, who was awarded a $100 Amazon gift card.</p><p>&#8220;We appreciate how the contestants used their imaginations to show our Instagram and Twitter followers how important water is to everyday life,&#8221; said Kathy L. Pape, president of Pennsylvania American Water. &#8220;Their photos illustrated how the absence of a sound water infrastructure would impact sanitation, fire protection, recreation and health &#8212; all important reasons why we need to proactively invest in our water systems.&#8221;</p><p>Entries were judged by a panel of Pennsylvania American Water employees on originality, composition, overall impact, artistic merit and subject matter relevance to the &#8220;Imagine a Day Without Water&#8221; theme. The winning entries will be featured on the company&#8217;s social media sites.</p><p>Information about the national campaign is available at www.imagineadaywithoutwater.org.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Travis Kellar</p><p>tkellar@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Kingston resident wins Pennsylvania American Water photo contest