Desal Prize를 시작하기 위해 국토 재개발국과 국제개발처 사이의 협력이 진행되고 있다.

Desal Prize는 소금기 있는 지하수 담수화 기술을 찾고 향상시키는 전세계적인 노력을 한다.

미국 서부 담수화 기술자는 프로젝트를 위한 기술 지도와 Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility에서 주최하는 Desal Prize대회를 관리 할 것으로 보인다.

 

Desal Prize는 개발도상국에서 복합 담수화를 위해 사용할 수 있는 비용 효율이 높고, 연비가 좋으며 환경친화적 운용 원형에 상을 수여 할 것으로 보인다.

New partnership to highlight innovation in desalination science

A new partnership between the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is underway to launch the Desal Prize -- a worldwide effort to identify and promote innovation in brackish groundwater desalination.

Reclamation, a promoter of desalination technology in the Western United States, is providing technical guidance to the project and will host Desal Prize semi-finalists at its Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility in Alamogordo, N.M., in the spring of 2015, where entrants will compete in the first demonstration competitions for the prize. Finalists from this stage will advance to compete in a rigorous field demonstration at one of the USAID mission locations.

"For more than 100 years, Reclamation and its partners have confronted a widening imbalance between supply and demand in basins throughout the West," said acting Commissioner Lowell Pimley. "This partnership continues that commitment and will help identify potential solutions to treat brackish water in rural, tribal or remote settings."

The USAID Desal Prize will be awarded to cost-effective, energy-efficient and environmentally-sustainable working prototypes that can be used for multi-use desalination in developing countries. Ten to 12 semifinalists will receive $5,000 as seed money to test or further develop their device. From this group, select finalists will receive an additional $5,000 to continue their project in the field before a judging panel selects the awardee(s) of the $500,000 grand prize.

"Water scarcity is one of today's most pressing development challenges, and the impact of water scarcity on all aspects of development is undeniable," said USAID Global Water Coordinator Christian Holmes at an event at the U.S. Department of State marking World Water Day. "We must augment traditional water supplies to satisfy future demand -- we urgently need solutions to fulfill the growing need for potable water."

The Desal Prize is part of the $32-million Securing Water for Food: Grand Challenge for Development launched at the 2013 World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden. The initiative is a partnership between USAID, the Swedish International Development Agency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and aims to source, incubate and accelerate innovative solutions to reduce water scarcity around the world. Projections are that by 2025, two-thirds of the world's population could be living in severe water stress conditions.

[출처 = Waterworld / 2014년 4월 1일]