Capturing rivers at sea to get freshwater by Ocean Foresters
Please find below the
Semi-Finalist Evaluation
Judges'' comments
The Climate CoLab adaptation contest team appreciates the time that you took to submit this proposal. At present, your proposal reads more as a technological solution in search of a problem. Please articulate more clearly the problem that exists and how your solution addresses it. Why not capture freshwater before it reaches the ocean? Why isn't it being retained or captured? What are the natural systems that could be used to capture and recycle it? To make your proposal more nuanced and robust, try to answer questions such as: Who would own it? Who would have liability for its impacts? Who would maintain it? What process of decision-making would be involved in deploying it? What property rights are at stake? What impact would this have on normal activities? You should discuss issues of deployment. It would also be of benefit to identify key partners and sources of funding that would allow you to move forward. A more rigorous estimation of energy costs and infrastructure to permit storage and redistribution of water is needed. Similarly, you should include a cost-benefit analysis that clearly demonstrates the value of this approach. While your proposal is not advancing to the semi-finals this year, the contest team wishes you the best of luck in your endeavors and would love to see a proposal from you next year incorporating this feedback.
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