STAGE ONE
THE GEORGE BARLEY WATER PRIZE
Stage One of the competition was open to everyone, from top-tier universities doing cutting edge research to inventors working in their garage. 104 teams entered ideas, and offered their insights and inspirations on why they decided to embark on solving one of the most vexing challenges facing our planet.
In this stage the prize purse was $35,000 competitors were judged on
1. Performance indicators
2. Experiment description
3. Environmental outcome assessment
4. Overall presentation
Competitors were scored on
1. Phosphorus Removal
2. Environmental Sustainability
3. Overall Presentation
STAGE ONE
THE GEORGE BARLEY WATER PRIZE
Stage One of the competition was open to everyone, from top-tier universities doing cutting edge research to inventors working in their garage. 104 teams entered ideas, and offered their insights and inspirations on why they decided to embark on solving one of the most vexing challenges facing our planet.
In this stage the prize purse was $35,000 competitors were judged on
1. Performance indicators
2. Experiment description
3. Environmental outcome assessment
4. Overall presentation
Competitors were scored on
1. Phosphorus Removal
2. Environmental Sustainability
3. Overall Presentation
GRAND
CHALLENGE
THE GEORGE BARLEY WATER PRIZE
The final ‘Grand Challenge’ stage of the George Barley Water Prize will be the robust testing of contestants under field conditions in the Greater Everglades to validate whether these leading technologies can remove phosphorus from the Kissimmee River or a comparable water body under real conditions at significantly lower cost than currently possible.
The 9 Pilot Phase teams will be narrowed down to the final four, who will move on to the final stage of the competition. Advancers will be announced in October 2018, in Toronto, during Canada’s Water Innovation Week. While Stage 3 asked teams to perform through snowmelt conditions, Stage 4 will require teams to demonstrate their ability to perform in subtropical conditions. Four teams will receive continuous flow, averaging 1 million gallons per day (gpd), with a variable spike of 4 million gallons per day, over the course of 14 months.
A Grand Challenge winner will have demonstrated endurance in a range temperatures, proving their technology is globally applicable. With the support of the State of Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection and the St. John’s River Water Management District, the Grand Challenge will be hosted on the banks of Lake Jesup, in Oviedo, Florida.
In this stage the prize purse is a
$10 Million Grand Prize
$250,000 Secondary Prize
$170,000 Phoenix Prize
competitors are judged on
1. TP results from grand stage testing
2. Cost calculations
3. Background water characteristics
4. Waste disposal plan
5. Environmental outcome assessment
6. By-product recovery income plan
7. Twenty-page scalability plan
Competitors were scored on
1. Phosphorus Removal
2. Environmental Sustainability
3. Overall Presentation
GRAND
CHALLENGE
THE GEORGE BARLEY WATER PRIZE
The final ‘Grand Challenge’ stage of the George Barley Water Prize will be the robust testing of contestants under field conditions in the Greater Everglades to validate whether these leading technologies can remove phosphorus from the Kissimmee River or a comparable water body under real conditions at significantly lower cost than currently possible.
The 9 Pilot Phase teams will be narrowed down to the final four, who will move on to the final stage of the competition. Advancers will be announced in October 2018, in Toronto, during Canada’s Water Innovation Week. While Stage 3 asked teams to perform through snowmelt conditions, Stage 4 will require teams to demonstrate their ability to perform in subtropical conditions. Four teams will receive continuous flow, averaging 1 million gallons per day (gpd), with a variable spike of 4 million gallons per day, over the course of 14 months.
A Grand Challenge winner will have demonstrated endurance in a range temperatures, proving their technology is globally applicable. With the support of the State of Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection and the St. John’s River Water Management District, the Grand Challenge will be hosted on the banks of Lake Jesup, in Oviedo, Florida.
In this stage the prize purse is a
$10 Million Grand Prize
$250,000 Secondary Prize
$170,000 Phoenix Prize
competitors are judged on
1. TP results from grand stage testing
2. Cost calculations
3. Background water characteristics
4. Waste disposal plan
5. Environmental outcome assessment
6. By-product recovery income plan
7. Twenty-page scalability plan
Competitors were scored on
1. Phosphorus Removal
2. Environmental Sustainability
3. Overall Presentation
STAGE ONE
THE GEORGE BARLEY WATER PRIZE
Stage One of the competition was open to everyone, from top-tier universities doing cutting edge research to inventors working in their garage. 104 teams entered ideas, and offered their insights and inspirations on why they decided to embark on solving one of the most vexing challenges facing our planet.
In this stage the prize purse was $35,000 competitors were judged on
1. Performance indicators
2. Experiment description
3. Environmental outcome assessment
4. Overall presentation
Competitors were scored on
1. Phosphorus Removal
2. Environmental Sustainability
3. Overall Presentation
THE IMPACT OF AMERICA'S EVERGLADES
The largest environmenntal restoration project in history
The essential Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) reservoir has been prioritized by the state of Florida. Construction on this project began a year ahead of schedule. Completion of the EAA Reservoir, together with other projects, will reduce algae-causing discharges from Lake Okeechobee by more than half. It will also provide freshwater desperately needed by America’s Everglades.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SEND WATER SOUTH?
Project is one of the 68 components of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). The project was originally scheduled to be completed in 2005 and built on property in the EAA known as the “Talisman” land. This land was later divided into compartments known as “A-1” and “A-2”. When U.S. Sugar contracted to sell its land in 2008, the South Florida Water Management District decided to build a water quality project on A-1 with the understanding that a reservoir would be built on land acquired from U.S. Sugar located closer to Lake Okeechobee. As the U.S. Sugar purchase was scaled down, land for a reservoir was not acquired and the project was not built. Work on the EAA Reservoir project is not scheduled to begin again until 2021. Senate Bill 10/House Bill 761 seek to find a location and advance the schedule so that the project will no longer be delayed.
EVERGLADES AGRICULTURE AREA
This land was later divided into compartments known as “A-1” and “A-2”. When U.S. Sugar contracted to sell its land in 2008, the South Florida Water Management District decided to build a water quality project on A-1 with the understanding that a reservoir would be built on land acquired from U.S.
EVERGLADES AGRICULTURE AREA
This land was later divided into compartments known as “A-1” and “A-2”. When U.S. Sugar contracted to sell its land in 2008, the South Florida Water Management District decided to build a water quality project on A-1 with the understanding that a reservoir would be built on land acquired from U.S.
EVERGLADES AGRICULTURE AREA
As the U.S. Sugar purchase was scaled down, land for a reservoir was not acquired and the project was not built. Work on the EAA Reservoir project is not scheduled to begin again until 2021. Senate Bill 10/House Bill 761 seek to find a location and advance the schedule so that the project will no longer be delayed.
EVERGLADES AGRICULTURE AREA
As the U.S. Sugar purchase was scaled down, land for a reservoir was not acquired and the project was not built. Work on the EAA Reservoir project is not scheduled to begin again until 2021. Senate Bill 10/House Bill 761 seek to find a location and advance the schedule so that the project will no longer be delayed.
CERP
LARGEST RESTORATION PROJECT IN HISTORY
The Everglades is composed of a variety of habitats that play essential roles in absorbing and retaining carbon. These habitats require freshwater to remain healthy and functional. By increasing flows of freshwater, restoration will help conserve these unique habitats and prevent the release of carbon to the atmosphere.
The carbon and greenhouse emissions equivalencies, per the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of the carbon already sequestered in three integral Everglades habitats.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE
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19.9-24.1 MILLION HOMES' energy use for one year, or
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189.9-230.3 BILLION POUNDS of coal burned.
A1
( water conservation areas )
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670.7 BILLION POUNDS of coal burned, or
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131.5 MILLION PASSENGER VEHICLES driven for one year.
A2
( water conservation areas )
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670.7 BILLION POUNDS of coal burned, or
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131.5 MILLION PASSENGER VEHICLES driven for one year.
EVERGLADES
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