PSIPW

The Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International
Prize for Water (PSIPW)
جائزة الأمير سلطان بن عبدالعزيز العالمية للمياه

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6th Award Winners (2014)
Creativity Prize
John J. Braun; Kristine M. Larson; Eric E. Small; Valery U. Zavorotny

Recognised for the discovery that standard geodetic GPS instruments are sensitive to hydrological influences.

https://t.co/nQZt4EJzuT

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5th Award Winners (2012)
Water Management & Protection Prize
Damià Barceló

Recognised for work at the leading edge of water science in understanding the effect of pharmaceuticals in the water environment.

https://t.co/nMn50S1wKG

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5th Award Winners (2012)
Alternative Water Resources Prize
Mohamed Khayet Souhaimi
Recognised for his work in pioneering and promoting membrane distillation for water recovery using alternative renewable energy sources.
https://t.co/YiCRGZuCyR
#PSIPW #WaterResearch #WaterTreatment

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5th Award Winners (2012)
Groundwater Prize
Abu Borhan Mohammad Badruzzaman; Charles Franklin Harvey
Recognised for developing a complete diagnostic and conceptual model for understanding and preventing the arsenic contamination of groundwater.
https://t.co/SKkz7wRgMd
#PSIPW #WaterResearch #Groundwater

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5th Award Winners (2012)
Surface Water Prize
Aiguo Dai; Kevin Trenberth
Recognised for ground-breaking work that provides a powerful estimate of the effects of climate change on the global hydrological cycle.
https://t.co/IMHF9Hk4x7
#PSIPW #WaterResearch #Hydrology

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5th Award Winners (2012)
Creativity Prize
Susan Addy; Ashok Gadgil; Case van Genuchten; Robert Kostecki; Joyashree Roy
Recognised for developing an innovative and effective method of treating the arsenic contamination of groundwater using electrocoagulation.
https://t.co/Cbtc4Mf0aG
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4th Award Winners (2010)
Water Management & Protection Prize
Soroosh Sorooshian
Recognised for the development and refinement of the PERSIANN model to estimate precipitation from satellite remotely sensed data.
https://t.co/FM0h1ygYMs
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4th Award Winners (2010)
Alternative Water Resources Prize
Bart Van der Bruggen
Recognised for his work in the use of nanofiltration membrane technology for industrial water recycling, aiming at the ambitious goal of zero wastewater discharge.
https://t.co/LxcUCW9LnG
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4th Award Winners (2010)
Creativity Prize
Andrea Rinaldo; Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe
Recognised for the invention and development of the new field of Ecohydrology, which bridges the gap between the physical and life sciences.
https://t.co/4lq8vo248v
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4th Award Winners (2010)
Creativity Prize
Darin Desilets; Marek Zreda
Recognised for the Cosmic Ray Probe, a technology which uses cosmic-ray neutrons to measure soil moisture content and snow pack thickness.
https://t.co/ZEBFuFZo5H
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3rd Award Winners (2008)
Water Management & Protection Prize
Zainuddin Abd Manan

Recognised for research that extends an established chemical engineering technique (pinch analysis) to water demand management.

https://t.co/y8Wp5kaiWc

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3rd Award Winners (2008)
Water Management & Protection Prize
Patricia Gober

Recognised for work at the forefront of integrating physical and social science into a decision support system for enhanced water planning.

https://t.co/1BU2jvztoY

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3rd Award Winners (2008)
Alternative Water Resources Prize
Abdul Wahab Mohammad

Recognised for the development of advanced models for the fundamental characterization of nanofiltration to enhance its use in water desalination.

https://t.co/yfv02hgCVN

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3rd Award Winners (2008)
Groundwater Prize
Wolfgang Kinzelbach

Recognised for developing a new approach to using remote sensing for groundwater modelling.

https://t.co/PtI15F967k

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3rd Award Winners (2008)
Surface Water Prize
Chih Ted Yang
Recognised for significant contributions to the understanding of sediment transport and river hydraulics.
https://t.co/yyUDzVbApp
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2nd Award Winners (2006)
Water Protection Prize
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
The problem of nitrate contamination in the groundwater sources of Saudi Arabia.
https://t.co/Orf2uGe6ga
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2nd Award Winners (2006)
Water Management & Protection Prize
Howard S. Wheater
Recognised for developing suitable modelling tools for effective water resources management in arid and semi-arid areas.
https://t.co/GCaSmAVtSj
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2nd Award Winners (2006)
Alternative Water Resources Prize
Abdul Latif Ahmad

Recognised for using membrane separation technology coupled with chemical and physical pre-treatment for a cost-effective method to treat palm oil effluent (POME) with zero discharge.

https://t.co/Xifm7qjMPX

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2nd Award Winners (2006)
Groundwater Prize
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Development and management of the Dammam Aquifer in Eastern Province.

https://t.co/7RbGLthRek

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