Stockholm Water Prize (1991-2015)

STOCKHOLM WATER PRIZE (1991-2015)

The Stockholm Water Prize is a prestigious award that recognises outstanding achievements in water related activities. It is presented annually since 1991. The Stockholm Water Prize Laureate is announced each 22 March at the UN World Day for Water and honoured each August during the World Water Week in Stockholm at a Royal Prize Ceremony and Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall.

At the ceremony, the Laureate receives the prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, who is the patron of the Stockholm Water Prize. The prize, created and financed by the Stockholm Water Foundation and administered by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), includes a 150,000 USD award and an Orrefors crystal sculpture.

1991:   Professor David W. Schindler, University of Alberta, Canada

1992:   Department of Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark, under the leadership of Professor Poul Harremoës'

1993:   Dr. Madhav Atmaram Chitale, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, India

1994:   Dr. Takeshi Kubo, Research Institute of Wastewater Management, Japan

1995:   Water Aid, under the leadership of Jon Lane, Great Britain

1996:   Professor Jörg Imberger, University of Western Australia

1997:   Professor Peter S. Eagleson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

1998:   Professor Gedeon Dagan, Tel Aviv University, Israel

1999:   Professor Werner Stumm, Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland and James J. Morgan, California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, United States

2000:   Professor Kader Asmal, Ministry of Education, South Africa

2001:   Professor Takashi Asano, University of California at Davis, United States

2002:   Professor Ignacio Rodríguez-Iturbe, Princeton University, United States

2003:   Professor Peter A. Wilderer, Technical University of Munich, Germany

2004:   Professor Sven Erik Jørgensen, Danish University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark and Professor William J. Mitsch, Olentangy River Wetland Research Park at The Ohio State University, United States

2005:   Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) under the directorship of Ms. Sunita Narain, New Delhi, India

2006:   Professor Asit K. Biswas, The Third World Center for Water Management

2007:   Professor Perry L. McCarty, Stanford University, United States

2008:   Professor John Anthony Allan, King’s College London and the School of Oriental and African Studies

2009:   Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of Sulabh International

2010:   Professor Rita R. Colwell, United States

2011:   Stephen R. Carpenter, United States

2012:   International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka

2013:   Dr. Peter Morgan, Director of Aquamor, a not-for-profit in Zimbabwe for "his work to protect the health and lives of millions of people through improved sanitation and water technologies.

2014:   Dr. John Briscoe, Founder and Director of University-Wide Harvard Water Quality Initiative and for 20 years with the World Bank, for "unparalleled contributions to global and local management of water – contributions.

2015:   India’s waterman Rajendra Singh was awarded the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize for his consistent and innovative efforts in Rajasthan to save water in rural areas.

Waterman Rajendra Singh Gets 

Stockholm Water Prize 2015 

India’s waterman Rajendra Singh has been awarded the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize for his consistent and innovative efforts in Rajasthan to save water in rural areas.

The Stockholm Water Prize, founded in 1991 is presented annually by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) to an individual, organisation or institution for outstanding water-conservation achievements and it carries a cash amount of $150,000 and a specially designed sculpture.

Rajendra Singh, who hails from Dollah village of Baghpat district in Uttar Pradesh, shifted to Rajasthan 35 years ago to provide medicines to the old in village areas.