An educational film about water produced by UC Riverside students took second place in an environmental film competition hosted by the American Chemical Society.

The group’s Committee on Environmental Improvement held the film competition at its national meeting in San Diego from Aug. 25-29.

The film already won in the “Water’s Impact on People” category and was one of four from each category the audience chose from in deciding the best overall film in the competition. It was announced as the second place film Aug. 27 following a screening of the finalists.

The 12-minute film, “Getting to Know H2O,” was produced by graduate students in UCR’s National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program called WaterSENSE (Social, Engineering and Natural Science Engagement), which is made up of cross-disciplinary academics addressing different issues regarding water.