Welcome to the
AquaHacking Challenge

A tech competition where young innovators team up
to tackle urgent water issues.

Meet water sector experts. Work on the tech.
Start your business. Be part of the change.

A win-win for the water crisis.

Our aquatic ecosystems are under increasing pressure.
The time to focus on solutions is now

Success Stories

Discover startups that are creating change
to improve our health, and the planet’s.

2018 Winner

E-NUNDATION, Geosapiens’ leading product, is a tool that produces detailed surveys of potentially flooded areas and floodwater depths at the building scale. It also provides an accurate assessment of the risks and consequences of flooding on buildings and various infrastructures. E-NUNDATION can be used as an information tool for citizens, civil security specialists and professionals in the insurance and real estate sectors.

2017 Winner

2017 Winner

Blue Lion Labs has developed a fast and robust way to automatically identify and enumerate different species of cyanobacteria, as well as predict HAB behavioural trends. The SIM system is proprietary AI-powered imaging, and the project is incubated at Velocity.

2016 Winner

2016 Winner

Based on artificial intelligence, their solution predicts water quality to improve decision-making related to beach management and urban water infrastructure maintenance and planning.

2015 Winner

2015 Winner

Water Rangers has built tool kits to help citizens and scientists easily record and analyze water data. Their solution is currently being used by more than 60 groups in Ontario, Quebec, Alabama and Florida.