ITT Issues "Ideation Challenge" to Help Solve Global Water Issues

ITT Residential & Commercial Water, along with foundation partner ITT Watermark, is seeking solutions to the problem of educating illiterate populations about the importance of purifying drinking water, offering a $5,000 prize for the best idea.

Scott Arnold

April 4, 2011

Issued through InnoCentive, an independent organization dedicated to connecting answer “Seekers” with problem “Solvers,” the “Ideation Challenge” is open to participants from any discipline or background. It will run until April 27. The winning solution will be announced in May.

About the Author

Scott Arnold

Executive Editor

Described by a colleague as "a cyborg ... requir(ing) virtually no sleep, no time off, and bland nourishment that can be consumed while at his desk" who was sent "back from the future not to terminate anyone, but with the prime directive 'to edit dry technical copy' in order to save the world at a later date," Scott Arnold joined the editorial staff of HPAC Engineering in 1999. Prior to that, he worked as an editor for daily newspapers and a specialty-publications company. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Kent State University.