In addition to the Grand Prize, the following teams were also awarded for their wave-powered water makers’ accomplishments:
- $125,000 awarded to Team WATER BROS for delivering the lightest device
- $125,000 awarded to Team Oneka for producing the most water
- $125,000 awarded across teams for Simplest Assembly. This award was split based on the time to assemble between all four finalist teams as:
- Oneka: $80,000
- Mark Zero Prototypes LLC: $20,000
- WATER BROS: $17,000
- Project 816: $9,000
- $125,000 awarded across teams for Simplest Deployment and Retrieval. This award was split based on the scored ease of deployment and retrieval between all four finalist teams as:
- Mark Zero Prototypes LLC: $38,000
- WATER BROS: $36,000
- Project 816: $26,000
- Oneka: $24,000
After three years of hard work, each of the teams' devices produced desalinated water while weathering the waves of the Atlantic Ocean.
