DEADLINE: X-PRIZE Water Scarcity Track A Qualifying Submission Deadline
30 April 2025 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm AWST
The Competition Guidelines summarize the high-level requirements and procedures of the competition. These guidelines are based upon extensive research and consultation with dozens of experts and researchers across a wide array of relevant fields. Open for public comment until June 1, 2024, we encourage those interested to submit feedback or questions regarding the guidelines by emailing waterscarcity@xprize.org. Submitted feedback will be taken into consideration and, if necessary, a revision of the guidelines will be released publicly shortly thereafter.
PRIZE Water Scarcity is a multi-track competition that focuses on addressing the challenges and opportunities related to desalination and water access. It is structured into two complementing tracks designed to individually and collectively drive meaningful impact to access to water on a global scale.
$70M Track A – The New Desalination System
- $20M Moonshot Awards
■ Track A – The New Desalination System – the winning team will reliably and most sustainably generate one million liters of potable water per day (1,000 m3/ day) from seawater at the lowest cost, below a target benchmark to ensure global accessibility, over the course of 1 year.