Water Innovation Prize goes to startups targeting methane and wastewater
A startup with a cheap technology for purifying textile wastewater and another with a system to help reduce methane emissions from cattle were named co-winners of the MIT Water Innovation Prize on Thursday.
- Symbrosia co-founder and CEO Alexia Akbay, second from left, and co-founder and CTO Jonathan Simonds, third from right, pose with members of MIT's Water Club following the MIT Water Innovation Prize Thursday.
- A startup with a cheap technology for purifying textile wastewater and another with a system to help reduce methane emissions from cattle were named co-winners of the MIT Water Innovation Prize on Thursday.
- The founders of both the seaweed-producing startup Symbrosia and the textile wastewater purification startup SiPure said they were happy to split the winnings.
- Each year, student-led finalist teams from around the country and, increasingly, the world, come to MIT's campus to pitch their water -related innovations.