The US Bureau of Reclamation recently announced that Hannah Safford and Heather Bischel were selected to receive the top prize of $40,000 in the Pathogen Monitoring Stage 1 Challenge.

Fun fact: The prize was announced shortly after Hannah returned from a trip to Burbank to compete on Jeopardy!

The Bureau seeks to optimize the design and operations of advanced water treatment facilities. I sense a future Jeopardy question in the works.

For more information: https://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/stories/detail.cfm?RecordID=65303