The World Vision, supported by SeaFreight Labs is seeking low-cost, easily maintainable technologies and/or devices to monitor free residual chlorine in piped water distribution systems located in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa.

A solution to this Challenge would not only bring life-changing advancement to the target areas but also positively impact tens to hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

The overarching objective this Challenge, therefore, is the development of a low-cost approach to automating the measurement of free residual chlorine levels for small scale rural water systems in resource-constrained settings. Such a solution will help bring one of the most impactful public health interventions in recorded history—chlorinated drinking water—to vulnerable households in poor, underserved communities throughout the world.

Award Information

Award: $20,000

Eligibility Criteria

• Employees of World Vision and their immediate families, as well as any individuals involved in the judging of this Challenge and their immediate families, are ineligible to receive an award for this Challenge.
• A submission to the Challenge should include the following:
  • The detailed description of the proposed solution addressing specific Technical Requirements presented in the Detailed Description of the Challenge. This description should be accompanied by a well-articulated rationale supported by literature/patent precedents.
  • Experimental proof-of-concept data obtained as outlined in the Detailed Description of the Challenge (and/or delivery of a prototype if requested by the Seeker).
• The Challenge award is contingent upon theoretical evaluation and experimental validation of the submitted solutions by the Seeker.
• To receive an award, the Solvers will not have to transfer their exclusive IP rights to the Seeker. Instead, Solvers will grant to the Seeker a non-exclusive license to practice their solutions and release their solutions under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (4.0).

For more information, visit World Vision Challenge.