Meet the 2009 Water Efficiency Competition Winners & Finalists

WINNER

RUNNERS UP

Rainwater HOG offers innovative rainwater storage.

FINALISTS

The Eco Products Group has developed proprietary products that will enable a consumer to reduce the use of potable water, create a sanitary sink environment and reclaim gray water.

EcoBeta is an online dashboard that gives investors and managers actionable data on the risk that they face from changes in global watersheds.

Envirocern delivers ultrapure water to semiconductor foundries using proprietary distillation technology that provides large quantities of water at extremely low cost.

Intelligent Irrigation Solutions uses in-ground soil moisture sensors and advanced forecasting models that enable irrigation to be more efficient, ultimately reducing water consumption for irrigation by 20-40%.

Puralytics uses the latest advances in semiconductor and nanotechnology to solve the world's emerging water purification problems, with 100% water utilization, low energy, and environmentally sound products.

Quantaic employs a patented technology to recover clean water from oil and natural gas production processes, creating new water supplies while efficiently treating the industry's largest waste product -- produced water.

The Soil Information System delivers the information essential to solving the problem of feeding the world in a truly sustainable manner.

The Topic 
The 2009 inaugural business plan competition focused on Water Efficiency, as defined in the Competition Terms.

The Prize
The 2009 prize purse included $70,000 of cash prizes and in-kind services including legal, tax, and accounting services.

In addition, winners benefited from publicity opportunities and from in-depth business incubation including mentorship, introductions to financiers, potential beta customers and go-to-market partners. Additional information on the prizes can be found here.