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Get involved and learn more about the key steps to participating in More Water Less Concentrate.
Do you have an idea to reduce the volume of concentrate and generate more usable water from inland desalination plants? You must first register no later than Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at 5:00 PM Mountain.
Register NowIndividuals, teams, and organizations that meet eligibility criteria are welcome to submit solutions. Ideas should focus on solutions that reduce the volume of concentrate and generate more usable water from inland desalination plants. Submit no later than Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at 5:00 PM Mountain.
SubmissionEach valid submission receives scores and comments from five Evaluation Panel members, using a trait-scoring rubric with four criteria: concentrate volume reduction, feasibility, water recovery, and prototype plan. All scores are normalized to ensure fairness for all solvers.
Scoring ProcessUp to five Finalists will be awarded $115,000 each to build a prototype according to their submission within an eleven-month period. Working prototypes need to be present at the demonstration site by Monday, June 20, 2022.
Learn MoreFinalists will demonstrate their working prototype at a live event in June 2022 at the Bureau of Reclamation’s Yuma Desalting Plant. The winner will receive $150,000 and an additional $100,000 may be awarded to other Finalists.
Learn MoreGet answers to frequently asked questions. Don’t see your question answered? View the full list of FAQs, or email us.
More Water Less Concentrate is a public competition focused on discovering innovative, affordable, and environmentally sound solutions to reduce the volume of concentrate and generate more usable water from inland desalination plants. Refer to the Technical Guidelines for additional details. The challenge asks individuals, teams, and organizations that meet the eligibility criteria to design and develop solutions to meet this need.
Individuals, teams, and organizations that meet the eligibility criteria are welcome to submit a proposed solution.
U.S. government employees may participate so long as they are not acting within the scope of their position and do not rely on facilities, access, personnel, knowledge or other resources that are available to them as a result of their employment except for those resources available to all participants on an equal basis.
International participants are welcome to submit.
Refer to the Rules for a complete set of eligibility requirements.
You must first register no later than Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at 5:00 PM Mountain. Registration is a simple two-step process. First, create a username and password, and then check your inbox to confirm your registration. Next, complete the online registration form. Once you are registered, submissions are due no later than Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at 5:00 PM Mountain.
Up to five Finalists will receive an award of $115,000 each to build a functioning prototype according to their submissions. This award will be disbursed in three payments that correspond to progress in creating the prototype:
The Winner will receive a $150,000 award. A pool of $100,000 may be additionally awarded to Finalists who are not named as the Winner.
There will be two rounds of scoring assessment. During the Evaluation Panel review, each valid submission will receive scores and comments from a highly qualified panel of expert reviewers who will use a scoring rubric to assess their assigned submissions. All scores are normalized to ensure fairness for everyone. Informed by the ranking of results as determined by the Evaluation Panel -- with consideration given to diversity of solutions – up to five top-scoring submissions, as determined by Common Pool, will be named as Finalists. Finalists will attend a demonstration event where the Demonstration Event Panel will evaluate the performance of the prototypes to inform the final Winner selection.
While the Solution Title, Solution Description, Technical Abstract, and Video for your submission may be published on this website and/or the Bureau of Reclamation website, the ownership and use of intellectual property arising from this competition remains with you. The Bureau of Reclamation may choose to negotiate for a right to use license for winning solutions developed as a result of the competition.
The mission of the Bureau of Reclamation is to manage, develop, and protect water and related resources in an environmentally and economically sound manner in the interest of the American public.
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