Bay Area high school student wins prestigious Stockholm Junior Water Prize
The California Water Environment Association (CWEA) selected Eshani Jha from Lynbrook High School in San Jose as California’s first place winner of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize, 2021. Jha’s project, Thiol Functionalized and Manganese Doped Biochar for the Removal of Toxic Organic and Inorganic Contaminants from the Water was selected as the first-place project for California out of 21 papers submitted. Jha, one of 43 state winners announced by the Water Environment Federation (WEF), represented California in the national finals in June where she was declared as the U.S. winner.