Xylem Ignite is Xylem’s global youth program to develop a strong network of passionate, creative student leaders, and empower them to drive real changes in the water industry. The Xylem Ignite Awards Ceremony and Global Launch will introduce this new initiative and celebrate the winners and participants of our inaugural Xylem Global Student Innovation Challenge.

When two students noticed that PFAS pollution wasn't getting enough attention in the UK, they decided to do something about it. Christopher Whitfeld and Wenqi...

Christopher Whitfeld and Wenqi (Jonathan) Zhao from the United Kingdom have received the prestigious Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2024 for their work on PFAS...

What if we could use tiny animals to eat harmful algae? If so, which genotype would be best suited for the job? That was the subject of Annabelle M. Rayson’s...

The winners of this year’s Stockholm Junior Water Prize, Hiroki Matsuhashi and Takuma Miyaki, found a new use for tataki – a material used in Japanese earthen...

There is no shortage of amazing ideas and research in the finalist projects for this year’s Stockholm Junior Water Prize. From radiation-monitoring robots to...

Annabelle M. Rayson from Canada has received the prestigious 2022 Stockholm Junior Water Prize for her research on how to treat and prevent harmful algae...

There's a new generation of young people speaking up and taking action. Austin Alexander, Vice President, Sustainability and Social Impact at Xylem, believes...

Xylem’s Vice President of Sustainability and Social Impact Austin Alexander spotlights how the private sector can accelerate WASH innovation. The growing...

This year’s winners of the Xylem Global Student Innovation Challenge created a bioreactor to reduce the water footprint needed to create hydrogen.

Christopher Whitfeld and Wenqi (Jonathan) Zhao from the United Kingdom have received the prestigious prize for their work on PFAS pollution.

When heavy rains hit, minutes matter. A few extra moments of warning can mean the difference between reaching safety before a flood or being caught by rising waters. That urgency drove German students Jana Spiller and Niklas Ruf to design WarnMe, a low-cost, open-source flood warning system for small towns and rural communities.

Professor Oki won the prize based on his world-renowned research on the virtual water trade, digital river mapping, and human activity in the water cycle.

The Stockholm Junior Water Prize gives students aged 15-20 from 30+ countries a platform to solve real water challenges. See how Xylem supports the next generation of water innovators.

Based on his world-renowned research on the virtual water trade, digital river mapping, and inclusion of human activity in the water cycle, Taikan Oki has been...

High-school senior Naomi Park knows that climate change is a problem affecting the entire world right now. So, for this year’s Stockholm Junior Water Prize...

Naomi Park from the US has received the prestigious Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2023 for her research on the removal of carbon dioxide and oil products from...

How can we get more young people engaged in water issues? That’s one of the topics in a recent episode of Xylem’s Solving Water podcast. The episode features...

This year’s Stockholm Junior Water Prize includes exciting projects from 32 countries, with 44 finalists presenting innovative water solutions, from new...

The winners of this year’s Stockholm Junior Water Prize developed a more sustainable way to produce a material used in water filters. Using the rinds of...

Two students from the US, Ryan Thorpe and Rachel Chang, won the 2017 Stockholm Junior Water Prize on August 29. The students developed a new way to quickly...

When most of us forget to water a plant, nothing truly amazing happens. For Sureeporn Triphetprapa, it led to an idea that took her all the way from southern...

Student innovators take on water threats from flash floods to pharmaceutical pollution to water access. Global water challenges are intensifying, but a new...

With drought, flooding and pollution, the world’s water challenges are intensifying, but this year’s finalists in the Stockholm Junior Water Prize, sponsored...