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Announcing our 2010 Competition Topic

The Water-Energy Nexus

Competition will begin on September 1st, 2010

Learn more about the Water-Energy Nexus prize competition, and join our community to stay informed about important competition dates and guidelines

Meet the 2009 Water Efficiency Competition Winners & Finalists

WINNER

Fruition Sciences is a technology-enabled information business that offers a solution for winemakers and vineyard managers who want to produce top quality, sustainably (optimized irrigation and management practices) farmed wines, year after year.

RUNNERS UP

Rainwater HOG offers innovative rainwater storage.

WaterSmart partners with water utilities to optimize their water conservation programs, more quickly and cost-effectively meet their water efficiency objectives and help their customers save water, save money and get rewarded for their actions.

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.

Prairie Grasslands, Western KY
Photo courtesy of Robert Dawson