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A JOURNEY THAT INSPIRED INNOVATION WORLDWIDE

MEET THE PILOT PHASE COMPETITORS INNOVATION IS THE MAGIC OF THE HUMAN CONDITION

THE BARLEY PRIZE

STRUCTURE AND PURPOSE

The Everglades Foundation created a bold and innovative way to challenge the free market and entrepreneurs through The George Barley Water Prize.

In 2016, The Everglades Foundation introduced The George Barley Water Prize. Named after visionary co-founder, George Barley, the Prize was designed to inspire groundbreaking innovation to remove excess phosphorus from freshwater sources.

It's main objective was to inspire new

cost-effective technologies to clean polluted fresh water and reverse the environmental catastrophe that has been decades in the making.