WRC Hackathon

Policies and financing of water recycling and reuse should be an essential planning tool for regulating the water sector. MWRRA is committed to bring in innovations in planning, monitoring and market-based mechanisms in the water governance. We are pleased to support the new concept termed the "Wastewater Reuse Certificates" as a part of the Maharashtra Water Multi-Stakeholder Platform. Launching a hackathon to encourage use of Blockchains is an important element of this innovation
- K. P. Bakshi, Chairman, MWRRA

BCCI has always supported innovations during the past several decades bringing the private sector and the public sector together. It is important to bring in the private sector innovators to launch a robust monitoring and planning tool using the latest techniques such as the Blockchain applications in the development sector. We are glad do be a part of this interesting incubation effort with MWRRA and 2030 WRG secretariat supporting the Maharashtra Water Multi-Stakeholder Platform
- Vijay Srirangan, Director General, BCCI

2030 WRG secretariat, hosted at the water global practice of The World Bank Group, supports innovative ways to save water throughout the 17 Multi-Stakeholder Platforms globally. It's only opportune to see our India partners, most notably the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority and Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, working closely with us to launch a hackathon to bring-in innovators, students, start-ups and technology companies explore applications of latest Blockchain techniques in the water sector development challenges.
- Karin Krchnak, Programe Manager 2030 WRG

This Hackathon is organised by the Maharashtra Water Multi-Stakeholder Platform, which is a public-private-civil society partnership launched through a Government of Maharashtra resolution in May 2017. As a part of this activity, 2030 Water Resources Group (hosted at The World Bank) and the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority (MWRRA) are managing a workstream titled “Wastewater Reuse and Management”. 2030 WRG secretariat, along with MWRRA and a key private sector partner - the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) are managing this Hackathon.

The Water Challenge is one of the Top
5 Global Risks
In just 15 years, the world will demand
40% more water than the available supply
Water scarcity and inadequate sanitation already costs the world at least
$260 billion a year

Code for a Cause

Alleviating water scarcity is more urgent than ever as rapid population growth, rising incomes, and expanding cities strain the world’s water supply.

We invite participants who can make a difference, to join us in a month long online challenge and a global initiative, inviting developers, data scientists, marketers, designers, startups and idea generators to team up from January 18, 2019, to February 18, 2019, to ideate and develop new smart solutions using Blockchain, IoT and cloud capabilities for introducing Wastewater Reuse Certificates (WRC). This concept has been conceived by the partners in Maharashtra Water Multi-Stakeholder Platform managed by 2030 Water Resources Group (2030WRG), a part of The World Bank Group’s Water Global Practice.

The winning teams will get a chance to showcase their prototype at a meeting participated by private, public & civil society thought leaders at the end of February, 2019.

Code for a cause

Connect with water sector industry leaders

Connect with global participants

Technology Mentorship

Cash Prizes

Winners present to industry leaders

100,000

INR

50,000

INR

25,000

INR

Join in and code for a cause, create innovative applications using the latest Blockchain technologies, to contribute towards sustainable water resource management globally. Participants will be contributing to solve global water challenges; creating applications in blockchain in one of the most important development sector theme - the water.

Large industries & industrial parks

WRCs will be traded among large water-consuming industries and industry parks. The large size of an industrial entity or a company and a cluster of companies in industrial parks allows for an independent business case for WRC trading. The focus will be to start with the top 20 water-consuming companies in the industrial sectors and parks.

Urban local bodies and municipal councils

WRCs will be traded among entities that collect, treat and discharge domestic wastewater from cities and towns. The focus will be to start with the larger ULBs and municipal councils to maximize the benefit of water reuse in the cities. The wastewater, in this case, mostly domestic sewage is expected to be treated by the ULBs or municipal councils prior to any discharge or recycling.

Housing complexes & gated communities

Urban to agriculture flows of wastewater

This business case will be reviewed with the second business case, where the potential end use of the wastewater may be agricultural lands for some of the ULBs. Water quality would be critical to study in terms of toxins or other constituents that might otherwise pose risks if used for food crops.

Schedule

January 18, 2019
Registration begins on the contest platform Devpost. On registration, you will be added to WRC Hackathon Slack channel for updates, communications, mentorship and for any query resolutions during the hackathon. See the ‘Coding’ section to get more information on Coding standards and technologies that will help you get started.

January 18 to February 24, 2019
Coding time. Webinars will be conducted to assist participants on Do’s and Dont’s and to understand the business cases better. Participants are encourared to use the Slack channels to communicate and ask any queries they may have throughout the Hackathon. Domain and Tech mentors will be avaialable at all times to resolve queries and give their inputs.

February 24, 2019
All submissions must be uploaded to the contest platform by February 24, 2019 at 04:00 PM IST.

February 24, 2019
Top 10 semi-finalists will be announced.

February 25, 2019
Semi-finalists will present to a jury convened at Mumbai. Teams may present in-person or virtually. Top 3 winning teams will be announced.

February 26, 2019
First, second and third position will be announced at a summit participated by public, private and civil society thought leaders. Winners receive awards and showcase their products to attendees as short videos.