The Bureau of Reclamation Crowdsources with HeroX to Find Solutions to Managing Aquatic Vegetation in Canals
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HeroX, the leading platform and open marketplace for crowdsourced solutions, today launched the crowdsourcing competition "Veg Out Challenge" on behalf of the Bureau of Reclamation with support from the NASA Tournament Lab.
- If left unchecked, aquatic vegetation in these canals can obstruct canal flow, lowering canal capacities, increasing operating elevations and embankment pressure, and impacting water quality.
- Managing aquatic plants in canals requires continual maintenance, and the suite of solutions presently available can be expensive, dangerous, or damaging to the canals.
- For more than 100 years, the Bureau of Reclamation has brought water to arid lands to support agriculture and economic development.
- The Challenge: Reclamation is using this crowdsourcing competition to discover innovative rooted (attached) vegetation management devices and methods for irrigation canals.