Innovators recognised at Global Water Awards 2019

Global Water Intelligence (GWI) announced the winners of the 2019 Global Water Awards, which were presented on 9 April at the Natural History Museum, London as part of the Global Water Summit 2019. The coveted awards ceremony recognises the industry’s greatest achievements over the previous year, rewarding the initiatives and companies in the water, wastewater and desalination sectors that are moving the industry forward through improved operating performance, innovative technology adoption and sustainable financial models.

Christopher Gasson, Publisher, Global Water Intelligence commented, “The Global Water Awards 2019 celebrated the stories of positive disruption in the water sector in 2018, recognising the pioneers and innovators who pushed the industry to greater heights in the last year. This year’s shortlist represented truly outstanding quality, and to be nominated is an exceptional achievement. We’d like to congratulate this year’s Global Water Awards winners, who exemplify the kinds of positive change and disruption that will continue to drive the international water sector to greater heights in the coming years.”

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Global Water Intelligence is proud to announce that the winners of the 2019 Global Water Awards are:

Water Company of the Year: Water.org, Suez

Desalination Company of the Year: Acciona Agua

Breakthrough Technology Company of the Year: Microvi Biotechnologies

Public Water Agency of the Year: Saudi Water Partnership Company, Saudi Arabia

Desalination Plant of the Year: Tuas Desalination Plant, Singapore

Water Project of the Year: Green Meadows Water Treatment Plant, USA

Wastewater Project of the Year:  Utrecht WWTP, Netherlands

Industrial Project of the Year: Tata Steel Bara Tertiary Treatment Plant, India

Smart Water Project of the Year: Sydney Water Customer Hub, Australia

Water Leaders Award: Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration (ISKI), Turkey

Desalination Operations Olympics: DESALCOTT (Desalination Company of Trinidad & Tobago)

Water Technology Idol: University of Connecticut

Trophies were also presented to new members of the Leading Utilities of the World network. Membership in this network is a recognition that a utility is among the best in the world, based on relative improvement as much as absolute achievement. The five new members were accepted into the network in a meeting held at The Global Water Summit on 9th April where each presented their achievements to the network’s advisory board – all of whom also represent utilities that have an unimpeachable record of innovation and performance.

The Leading Utilities of the World Network is supported by Jacobs, the network’s Foundation Partner. With the inauguration of these five new members, the Leading Utilities of the World Network now comprises 41 gold standard utilities from around the world.

New Leading Utilities of the World members

Berliner Wasserbetriebe, Germany

Aguas de Portugal, Portugal

SIAAP, France

Yarra Valley, Australia

DEWA, UAE

The Global Water Awards are voted for by subscribers to GWI Magazine and Water Desalination Report. In addition, Global Water Summit 2019 delegates who registered for the Early Bird Discount were also eligible to vote.

Global Water Intelligence also extended its thanks to Evoqua Water Technologies for their continued support of the ceremony as The Official Global Water Awards Sponsor, and ABB for sponsoring the Digital Water Company of the Year award. The table sponsors include: Acciona Agua, ABB, Almar, Amane Advisors, Aqualia, Atkins Global, Glan Agua, Jacobs, LG Chem, Royal HaskoningDHV, Stantec, SUEZ, Veolia.