Final Results of Previous World Water Challenge
World Water Challenge 2020 Final Result
Selected Water Challenges and Solutions
WWCH 2020 attracted 86 solutions from 37 countries. 12 pre-identified challenges were carefully selected by the international steering committee of the WWCH 2020 before ‘call for solutions process’. Particularly, given the current global circumstance in which the world is suffering from COVID-19 pandemic, WWCH 2020 was held as a virtual event, dealing with the special topic “Water and Health’ along with 5 Main Topics to demonstrate a pathway to not only overcoming the current pandemic but also achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
The nine selected solutions out of 86 were selected for the final round, and those solution providers were invited to the WWCH 2020 final round which was livestreamed on KIWW website. The selected nine solutions were evaluated by their oral presentations and the interviews during the final round and the three winners of WWCH 2020 were decided according to the criteria: Comprehension, Feasibility, Contribution to “Sustainability”, Challenge, Impact and Presentation. “THE BEST” prize (the Minister Award of the Korean Ministry of Environment) winner was granted 10,000,000 KRW (Approx. 9,200 USD) for the solution titled ‘Extraction of Water from Air at Zero Energy Expenditure to Mitigate Water and Energy Crisis in India’, and other two winners were granted “OUTSTANDING” prizes (the President Award of the Korea Water Forum) for the solutions titled ‘Gravit’eau: a mobile handwashing station with automatic water recycling’, and ‘SMART Tech in support of Low Tech for Pumping Water Uphill’. Two outstanding awardees also received 5,000,000 KRW (Approx. 4,600 USD) cash prize with trophies.
Main Focus | Challenges and Solutions | Remarks | |
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Water and Health (Special Topic of WWCH 2020) |
Challenge | Scale-up of WASH for Public Health | |
Solution | (Solution 1) An Innovative Toilet System for Low-income Countries for Covid-19 and SDG 6 Mr. Janith Madubasha Dissanayake, Waterfirst Laboratory, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea |
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(Solution 2) Resource Circulation Sanitation Showcase to Provide Sustainable Sanitation in Remote Areas Dr. Shervin Hashemi, Institute for Environmental Research, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea |
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(Solution 3) Engaging Public, Private, and Civil Society Groups in WASH Through Women-Led Output Based Aid (WOBA) Mr. Khouankeo Ardphasouk, Thrive Net-Works/ East Meets West Foundation, Lao PDR. |
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Resource Recovery from Water and Wastewater System | Challenge | Energy Efficiency in Sewage, Waste water, and Sea Water Recycling and Reuse | |
Solution | (Solution 4) Gravit’eau: a mobile handwashing station with automatic water recycling Mr. Tom Fitzpatrick, Terre des Hommes, UK |
OUSTANDING | |
(Solution 5) Seawater cooling for photovoltaic solar power greenhouses and agriculture Mr. Volker Korrmann, IrrigationNets.com, Germany |
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Smart Water Technologies |
Challenge | ICBM, ICT based Water Management | |
Solution | (Solution 6) Intelligent water leak management platform Prof. Dr. Young-June Choi, WI.Plat Co.,Ltd., Republic of Korea |
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Challenge | Smart' Solutions for Water Management : Definition and Case of 'Smart Solutions' by Region, Sector, and Target | ||
Solution | (Solution 7) SMART Tech in support of Low Tech for Pumping Water Uphill Mr. Auke Idzenga, Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation, Inc., Philippines |
OUSTANDING | |
Ecosystem and Water | Challenge | Nature-based Solutions for Ecological Recovery and Reinstate Natural Process of Rivers | |
Solution | (Solution 8) Restoration Hydro™: A watershed approach to standard modular new hydropower Ms. Gia Schneider, Natel Energy and Restoration Hydro™, Natel Energy Inc., USA |
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Challenge | Ecological Urban Water Cycle in Adaptation of Climate Change | ||
Solution | (Solution 9) Extraction of Water from Air at Zero Energy Expenditure to Mitigate Water and Energy Crisis in India Dr. Senthil Kumar Sadasivam, Geobiotechnology Laboratory, National College (Autonomous), India |
THE BEST |
World Water Challenge 2019 Final Result
Selected Water Challenges and Solutions
WWCH 2019 attracted 67 solutions from 37 countries. Ten prioritized challenges were carefully selected by the international steering committee of the WWCH 2019 before ‘call for solutions process’. In total 67 solutions were submitted from all over the world and only nine solutions were selected for the final round, and those solution providers were invited to the final round of the WWCH during KIWW2019.
The selected nine solutions were evaluated by their oral presentations and the interviews during the final round at the KIWW 2019 and the three winners of WWCH2019 were decided according to the criteria: comprehension, contribution, feasibility, challenge and impact. “The BEST” prize winner was granted 10,000,000 KRW (Approx. 9400 USD) for the solution titled ‘A water kiosk at school’, and other two winners were awarded “OUTSTANDING” prizes for the solutions titled ‘Novel Fertilizer Production from Human Urine in Membrane Distillation Process’, and ‘Sponge-An Innovation in irrigation for sustainable farming’. Two outstanding awardees also received 3,000,000 KRW (Approx. 2,600 USD) cash prize with trophies.
Challenges (Topics) |
Solutions | Award |
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Efficient Water Management |
A water kiosk at school | The Best |
Sponge – An innovation in irrigation for sustainable farming |
Outstanding | |
Smart Technology for Integrated Management of Diversified Water Resources |
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Resource Recovery from Water and Wastewater System |
Novel Fertilizer Production from Human Urine in Membrane Distillation Process |
Outstanding |
Improving Water Security through Water-Energy Nexus Approach in Danang city of Vietnam |
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Solar Dew – Solar Water purification and desalination for households and communities |
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Rejuvenation of Lake Mahadevapura using Nature Based Systems |
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Water and Natural Disasters |
Exploiting the synergies between sustainable urban drainage systems(SUDS) and urban farming |
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Smart Water Technologies |
AgriHydro A Smart Technology to Better Irrigation Management in IWRM platform |