(MENAFN - Water Alliance Association) Water Alliance Association and their partners launched a challenge to students across the UAE in February to mark the National Environmental Day. They asked young inquisitive minds to rise to the task of solving local or global water issues. This is no small feat but over 130 students stepped up and took on the mission of finding innovative solutions to improve the way we access, treat or distribute water. Some students addressed water scarcity with novel ideas to locate or collect water while others focused on reducing wastage at home, in school or in agriculture. Still others tackled the water pollution conundrum with creative ways to clean the ocean, repurpose litter or to eliminate the root cause of plastic bottle pollution altogether.