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Podcast: waterloop
Episode: $119 Million XPRIZE Aims To Disrupt Desalination
Description: Desalination is a proven technology—but it’s still too costly, energy-intensive, and inaccessible for the communities that need it most. To change that, XPRIZE launched a $119 million global competition to drive breakthroughs in seawater desalination and deliver scalable, sustainable solutions. Lauren Greenlee, Executive Vice President of Food+Water+Waste at XPRIZE, shares how the foundation uses incentive-based competitions to tackle massive global challenges—and why water is now a top priority. She details the goals of the Water Scarcity Prize, explains its two-track structure, and emphasizes the importance of rea...