NAE Announces Winner of $1 Million Safe Drinking Water Challenge
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February 1 -- Abul Hussam from George Mason University will receive the National Academy of Engineering’s 2007 Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability. Hussam received the $1 million gold award for his SONO filter, a household water treatment system that removes arsenic from drinking water. The silver ($200,000) and bronze ($100,000) winners were also announced.