Innovation
Awards

Guihua Yu
Grand Winner - Sustainable Water Production and Environmental Conservation Track

Hydrogel-based Solar-Powered Water Purification Technology

Han-Qing Yu
Grand Winner - Cost-Effective Wastewater Treatment Technologies Track

DOTP Technology: Decontamination by Oxidative Termination and Polymerization

Abrar Zafar
Impact Winner - Digital Models, Process Optimization, and Automation Track

National Water Digital Twin

Andrew Schevets
Impact Winner - Advanced Water Production Technologies

SEER: Flexible Energy Recovery

Elena Campos
Impact Winner - Sustainable Water Production and Environmental Conservation Track

Development of new nitrogen removal technology for high N-loaded effluents by partial nitration and autotrophic denitrification (ANAMMOX) in a single stage in submerged fixed film bioreactor (DENITOX®)

Hamid Samouei
Impact Winner - Circular and Zero Liquid Discharge Water Production Processes Track

Brine Refining: Efforts against Water Scarcity, Climate Change, a n d Critical Mineral Shortages

Inés Larrea
Impact Winner - Sustainable Water Production and Environmental Conservation Tack

GROBED®: Innovation in Wastewater Treatment through Organic Granular Carriers for Nitrogen Removal

Jianan Gao
Impact Winner - Advanced Water Production Technologies

Membrane-Electrocatalytic Platform for Green Chemical Production and Resource Recovery from Wastewater

John Gradek
Impact Winner - Water Quality Improvement and Reclamation Track

Water Warriors Poseidon Pellets

Juan Felipe Torres
Impact Winner - Advanced Water Production Technologies Track

Thermodiffusive Desalination: Beyond Evaporation and Membranes

Charlie Norton
Impact Winner - Cost-Effective Wastewater Treatment Technologies Track

Soneco®: Electrocoagulation with Ultrasonics

Omar Daoud
Impact Winner - Circular and Zero Liquid Discharge Water Production Processes Track

A Novel Process for Efficient Desalination and Green Cement Production from Brine

Premlal Balakrishna Pillai
Impact Winner - Circular and Zero Liquid Discharge Water Production Processes Track

Carbon Smart Circular Desalination

Walid Hussein Soufi Abdelhamid
Impact Winner - Sustainable Water Production and Environmental Conservation Track

Sludge-GE

Anita Nouri
Finalist - Advanced Water Production Technologies Track

AmoCell & Miracell - A Unified Approach to Clean Water Production, Treatment, and Reuse

Azeddine EL Hassouny
Finalist - Advanced Water Production Technologies Track

eWater- Morocco

Baoxia Mi
Finalist - Cost-Effective Wastewater Treatment Technologies Track
Solar-Driven Spiral-Wound Interfacial Evaporator for Ammonia Recovery and Fertilizer Production
Carlos D. Diaz-Marin
Finalist - Advanced Water Production Technologies Track

Decentralized and all-weather water production from air

Diana Virgovicova
Finalist - Water Quality Improvement and Reclamation Track

Xatoms

Dryeli Silva
Finalist - Digital Models, Process Optimization, and Automation Track

EcoYeli

Fatemeh Shirazi
Finalist - Advanced Water Production Technologies Track

Arizona's First Full-Scale Biological Nitrate Treatment Plant - City of Goodyear

Gayatri Sundar Rajan
Finalist - Digital Models, Process Optimization, and Automation Track

Apka Shakti (Your Energy) Ecosystem: A Sustainable, Capital-Efficient, & Off-Grid Water & Cooling Co-Generation Platform Technology

Hawas Alshammarri
Finalist - Water Quality Improvement and Reclamation Track

Pulsed - Flow Valve to Enhance RO Membrane Performance

Jack Hartpence
Finalist - Digital Models, Process Optimization, and Automation Track

PowWater: The world's most trusted virtual water network

Jenna Haerr
Finalist - Advanced Water Production Technologies Track

Quantum Ceramic Nanochannel Membranes

Jinyu Guo
Finalist - Cost-Effective Wastewater Treatment Technologies Track

Recovered Potential - Efficient Electrochemical Ammonia Recovery from Wastewaters

Kazuyoshi Kitazawa
Finalist - Sustainable Water Production and Environmental Conservation Track

Production of Water through Reducing Iron Oxide by Natural Hydrogen

Matthew Pike
Finalist - Cost-Effective Wastewater Treatment Technologies

Rainbox

Muataz Ali Atieh
Finalist - Digital Models, Process Optimization, and Automation Track

Smart DIGITAL AI RO Plant for Sustainable Agriculture: High-Efficiency, Low-Energy RO Desalination

Muhammad Wajid Saleem
Finalist - Circular and Zero Liquid Discharge Water Production Processes Track

BrineBoost: Integrating Capacitive Deionization with Salinity Gradient Power for Enhanced Water Recovery & Energy Generation

Paul McCormack
Finalist - Water Quality Improvement and Reclamation Track

H2Options

Raghav Narayan
Finalist - Water Quality Improvement and Reclamation Track

Aprisium: Real-time, At-Source Water Quality Monitoring for Profitability & Sustainability

Salem Al-zahmi
Finalist - Water Quality Improvement and Reclamation Track

Developing a new method in brine purification and reducing salinity using recycled carbon fibers

Shiva Gorjian
Finalist - Sustainable Water Production and Environmental Conservation Track

Water-Generating Agrivoltaic Greenhouse (WAGH) A Solar-Powered, Water-Self-Sufficient Farming System

Aboud Daoud
Finalist - Circular and Zero Liquid Discharge Water Production Processes Track

HydroVolta ONE: Integrated Smart Groundwater Platform

Will Chang LIU
Finalist - Circular and Zero Liquid Discharge Water Production Processes Track

Atmospheric Water Harvesting Windows: An Energy-Free Solution for Global Drinking Water Security