{"id":686779,"date":"2022-09-20T05:03:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T09:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/hackers-tackle-water-crisis-at-europes-biggest-hackathon\/"},"modified":"2022-09-20T05:03:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T09:03:03","slug":"hackers-tackle-water-crisis-at-europes-biggest-hackathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/hackers-tackle-water-crisis-at-europes-biggest-hackathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers Tackle Water Crisis at Europe’s Biggest Hackathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hackers Tackle Water Crisis at Europe’s Biggest Hackathon<\/b><\/p>\n

Team WatApp wins the Xylem Water Challenge award at HackZurich2022 with an innovative app designed to promote sustainable water consumption<\/i><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)–
\nGlobal water technology company, Xylem, has awarded a team of hackathon participants who developed an innovative app to promote sustainable water consumption. Team WatApp won HackZurich 2022\u2019s Xylem Water Challenge with their social gaming app that helps people make smart water choices in their everyday lives, build long-term water-saving habits, and share their results with friends.\n<\/p>\n

\nHaving sponsored the event for the last two years, Xylem continues to challenge teams to solve global water issues with a unique, digital approach. This year, Xylem asked hackathon participants to develop a multi-faceted solution to change the public\u2019s water habits and increase awareness of water threats through a revolutionary social gaming app that would improve water sustainability. WatApp achieved this over a non-stop 40-hour hackathon event in Zurich, Switzerland.\n<\/p>\n

\nWith water scarcity affecting billions of people globally each year, the WatApp team created an app that would improve water consumption habits by suggesting more sustainable choices using educational gaming features. The recommendations are generated from answers to personalized weekly challenges, taking data on current habits and location into consideration. The app also presents water savings within a local context, for example, if you live in Switzerland the app will compare the amount of water you save to the daily average water consumption of a Swiss person.\n<\/p>\n

\n\u201cThis year, Europe experienced the worst drought in 500 years. It has never been clearer how urgently we need to develop new, innovative, digital solutions to improve water sustainability,\u201d said Hayati Yarkadas, Xylem\u2019s President for Europe. \u201cThe participants in the annual Xylem Water Challenge are inspiring examples of the potential within the next generation of innovators. Their passion for solving real-world water problems will help make our world more sustainable.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n\u201cI would never have imagined how much water goes into the development of consumer goods, particularly through indirect consumption. If we can make more people aware of sustainable water consumption, we can drive meaningful change,\u201d said Konstantinos Samaras-Tsakiris, a member of the WatApp team.\n<\/p>\n

\nXylem\u2019s partnership with HackZurich is part of the Xylem Ignite program<\/a>, a global initiative to build and empower a network of student leaders passionate about water solutions and driving change in the water industry. The program has already engaged more than 6,600 students in learning about and solving water challenges.\n<\/p>\n

About Xylem<\/b><\/p>\n

\nXylem (XYL) is a leading global water technology company committed to solving critical water and infrastructure challenges with innovation. Our 17,000 diverse employees delivered revenue of $5.2 billion in 2021. We are creating a more sustainable world by enabling our customers to optimize water and resource management and helping communities in more than 150 countries become water secure. Join us at www.xylem.com<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

About HackZurich<\/b><\/p>\n

\nHackZurich is Europe\u2018s largest and most renowned coding marathon. It\u2019s a platform where brilliant and diverse minds work together on new ideas and concrete outputs to increase innovation capability. For more information on HackZurich: https:\/\/hackzurich.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hackers Tackle Water Crisis at Europe’s Biggest Hackathon Team WatApp wins the Xylem Water Challenge award at HackZurich2022 with an innovative app designed to promote sustainable water consumption WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Global water technology company, Xylem, has awarded a team of hackathon participants who developed an innovative app to promote sustainable water consumption. Team WatApp won HackZurich 2022\u2019s Xylem Water Challenge with their social gaming app that helps people make smart water choices in their everyday lives, build long-term water-saving habits, and share their results with friends. Having sponsored the event for the last two years, Xylem continues to challenge teams to solve global water issues with a unique, digital approach. This year, Xylem asked hackathon participants to develop a multi-faceted … <\/p>\n

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