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Reclamation awards $250,000 to winners of the More Water, Less Concentrate Challenge
The Bureau of Reclamation selected winners for the More Water Less Concentrate Challenge, a prize competition that seeks to develop innovative, affordable, and environmentally sound solutions to reduce the volume of concentrate and generate more usable water from inland desalination plants.
¡°Across the Western United States existing fresh water sources are often over-allocated and desalination is often overlooked because of the perceived high cost,¡± said Malynda Cappelle, Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility manager ¡°This competition seeks out innovative solutions to make desalination an affordable, environmentally sustainable, and efficient option where traditional sources of water are inadequate.¡±
Finalists deployed their completed prototypes for demonstration and testing at Reclamation's Water Quality Improvement Center at the Yuma Desalting Plant for seven continuous days. A panel of experts evaluated prototypes using data collected during the event, observations, and professional judgment.
Reclamation selected Team Olin - Harmony - MIT as the winner and awarded a prize of $150,000. Reclamation divided the remaining $100,000 prize purse among the following four finalists based on prototype testing performance, innovation, and potential for full-scale implementation.
- Pacifica Water Solutions
- AIL Research
- Membrion, Inc.
- University of Texas at El Paso Center for Inland Desalination Systems
Reclamation partners with the NASA Tournament Lab and Carrot for this prize competition. To learn more, please visit https://www.usbr.gov/research/challenges/morewater.html
Reclamation conducts prize competitions to spur innovation by engaging a non-traditional, problem-solver community. Please visit Reclamation's prize competitions website to learn more.
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