- Prize Amount – $10,000
- Deadline – October 10, 2025
- CLICK HERE TO APPLY
The Water Council presents its Fall 2025 Tech Challenge focused on technologies to better manage water quality within water systems and enable smarter, faster decision-making.
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The challenge seeks technology solutions and new systems, processes or tools for decision-making support for water quality addressing any stage of the water cycle related to human consumption, including drinking water and wastewater systems across residential, commercial and utility-scale applications as well as their distribution networks.
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Industry leaders A. O. Smith Corporation, Badger Meter, Watts Water Technologies and Xylem are partnering with The Water Council to identify innovative solutions that provide a new level of decision-making support for water quality management.
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Applicants must present solutions at Technology Readiness Level 3 and above. The challenge welcomes innovations that can transform how water quality is monitored, analyzed and managed across various applications and distribution systems.
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Benefits
- After the close of the competition, applications are reviewed by their corporate R&D team sponsors. Winners are chosen and get the opportunity to present to sponsors and compete for: A top prize of $10,000, Opportunity for potential corporate partnership, Corporate expertise and feedback.
Eligibility:
- Water technology innovators from anywhere in the world—including inventive individuals, university students or researchers, water professionals or private sector and government labs—are invited to apply.
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