Thursday, October 25, 2018
(all day)
AquaHacking challenges
programmers,
scientists,
marketers,
and
water
experts to
develop
clean-tech engineering,
web
and
mobile
solutions
to
water
issues affecting
the
Great
Lakes
and
St.
Lawrence Watershed Basin.
This year, students have been tasked to solve one of the five challenges facing Lake Ontario:
- Water crisis prediction and adaptation
- Phosphorus capture and recycling in farming
- Tackling endocrine-disrupting chemicals
- Real-time reporting of sewage overflow and untreated sewage spills
- Supplementary information: Regulatory framework for water
On October 25, as part of Ontario’s Water Innovation Week in collaboration with WaterTAP, at the Design Exchange in Toronto, five teams (including one University of Waterloo team) will compete for a chance at $25,000 in prize money and a spot in a local incubator.