The water and wastewater sector depends on a new generation of devoted professionals to replace those retiring by the thousands. And solutions to the world’s water problems depend on new ideas and innovative technologies.
To serve those ends, Xylem has devised the Global Student Innovation Challenge for high school and college students worldwide. This was the second year of the competition.
Students competed for eight cash prizes from a $20,000 pool. Team SWiFT from Santa Clara, California, is the grand prize winner in the high school category, awarded for their efforts to improve the life span of a water pump. Team AquaFlo from
