The Bureau of Reclamation is pleased to announce the Phase 2 winners of the Water America’s Crops Challenge!
The First Place award of $90,000 goes to Duo Zhang from the United States and their entry, Bendable Concrete for Seepage Resistant Canals!
The Runner Up award of $20,000 goes to John Newport and Peter Murdoch of Team Chemventive from the United States and their entry, Low Cost Long Life Elastomeric Canal Liner.
All five Phase 2 teams submitted compelling and robust prototypes for laboratory testing by Reclamation. We would like to acknowledge the other three teams for their great efforts in this challenge. In no particular order:
- Jan Beetge from the United States and their entry, Every Drop to the Crop with Concrete!
- Michael McBride from Mexico and their entry, A Superior Impermeable Surface Solution
- Zlatko Rozic from Australia and their entry, Nylon Reinforced Geopolymer & Cured Cold Ceramics
