There were 18 winners in six award categories of the IWA Project Innovation Awards announced at the 2022 IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition. The Project Innovation Awards, awarded biennially at the IWA World Congress & Exhibition, recognize and promote excellence in innovation in water management, research, and technology. The winners of the 13th IWA Project Innovation Awards are as follows:
- The Grand Innovation Award was awarded to the Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant from Singapore.
- Market-Changing Water Technology and Infrastructure.
- Gold: Choa Chu Kang Waterworks’s Membrane Expansion from PUB, Singapore
- Silver: Sustainability and Resource Recovery from Organic Waster: The First Sludge & Food Waste Co-digestion Project in China from Tongji University
- Bronze: Unlocking Opportunities in Sanitation: From Poo to Product (P2P) by NAWASSCOAL CO Ltd., Kenya
- Performance Improvement and Operational Solutions.
- Gold: Changi Water Reclamation Plant Digital Twin by Jacobs
- Silver: Green Square—Enabling Urban Renewal Through Effective Flood Risk Management and Stormwater Harvesting (Climate Change), City of Sydney
- Bronze: Environmentally-friendly Desalination System Concept: Transforming Seawater (LIFE DREAMER), Acciona
- Breakthroughs in Research and Development.
- Gold: Ferrate (VI)-enabled Emergency and Daily Household Water Treatment by Montclair State University
- Silver: ViviMag: Urban Mining of Iron and Phosphate from Sewage by Wetsus
- Bronze: Australia’s First Biosolids Gasification Facility from Logan City
- Exceptional Project Execution and Delivery.
- Gold: Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant, Keppel Seghers
- Silver: Achieving a Paradigm Shift of Water Pollution Control and Social Development: Erhai Lake Project by China Water Environment Group, Shanghai Jiao Tong University & People’s Government of Dali
- Bronze: Groundwater Replenishment Scheme, Water Corporation
- Governance, Institutions, and Social Enterprise.
- Gold: Circular Gava—Heading Towards the Implementation of Circular Opportunities in the Territory by CETAQUA
- Silver: Proyecto Aqua Segura, Argentina
- Bronze: Perth Water Sensitive Transition Network by Monash Sustainable Development Institute
- Smart Systems and the Digital Water Economy.
- Gold: Buffalo’s Wastewater Network Optimization Program, Xylem Inc.
- Silver: Data-driven Decision Making—Developing the Data|APX Software Solution by Herning Vand
- Bronze: Digital Engagement & Efficiency through Collaboration by Moulton Niguel Water District, United States of America
IWA also announced the winners of the 2022 IWA Awards during the Opening Plenary at the IWA World Water Congress. The IWA Awards recognize a range of excellence, leadership, and innovation. Winners of the 2022 IWA Awards are:
- IWA Global Water Award 2022: Nisha Mandani, member of IWA’s Our Aim Foundation
- Development Award for Research: Professor Damir Brdjanovic, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Netherlands
- Development Award for Practice: Africa Sand Dam Foundation, Kenya
- Young Leadership Award: Celine Vaneeckhaute, University Laval, Canada
- Gender and Diversity Award: Annabell Waititu, Bigfive Africa Ltd., Kenya