Global Water Intelligence presents Global Water Awards 2008
This year’s Global Water Awards were presented alongside our conference,
GWI 2008 London: Where do Water and Money Meet?, on 21st and 22nd of April 2008. The winners in each category are listed below.
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- Water Company of the Year: for the water company that has made the most significant contribution to the development of the international water sector during the year.
- Winner Veolia
- Distinction CH2M Hill
- Highly commended Beijing Capital
- Highly commended JUSCO/Tata
- Desalination Company of the Year: for the desalination plant supplier which has made the greatest overall contribution to the desalination industry during 2007.
- Winner Doosan Hydro
- Distinction Aqualyng/Aqualyng Holdings
- Highly commended Fisia Italimpianti
- Highly commended IDE Technologies
- Public Water Agency of the Year: for the public sector organization which has made the greatest contribution to meeting the challenges of water supply during 2007.
- Winner Orange County Water District, USA
- Distinction ONEP, Morocco
- Highly commended PRASA, Puerto Rico
- Highly commended Queensland Water Commission
- Water Deal of the Year: for the deal, signed in 2007, which has made the biggest contribution to the advancement of public-private partnerships in the international water sector.
- Winner Jumeirah Golf Estates
- Distinction Prescott Valley Wastewater Auction
- Highly commended Hyflux Water Trust IPO
- Highly commended Southern Water/Greensands
- Desalination Deal of the Year: for the deal signed during 2007 which represents the most significant step forward for the industry in terms of financial innovation or in meeting the demands of challenging circumstances.
- Winner Jubail IWPP
- Distinction Fujairah 2 IWPP
- Highly commended Port Elizabeth Coega
- Highly commended Tlemcen Hounaine
- Water Project of the Year: for the water or wastewater project, commissioned in 2007, that
represents the most significant contribution to water technology
and environmental protection.
- Winner Bundamba/Western Corridor Recycled Water Project Stage 1A
- Distinction Orange County GWR
- Highly commended Lake Pleasant
- Highly commended Płaszów II
- Desalination Plant of the Year: for the desalination plant, commissioned in 2007, that represents the most impressive technical achievement in the industry.
- Winner Tampa Bay
- Distinction Power Seraya, Singapore
- Highly commended El Paso Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination Plant
- Highly commended Hamma
- Environmental Contribution of the Year: for environmental stewardship in the water industry as exemplified by the project, process or organization that best reflects the ability of a water/wastewater plant to leave a small environmental footprint.
- Winner NEWater Programme, Singapore
- Distinction Aragón Wastewater Treatment Plan
- Highly commended Chennai Water Desalination Carbon Credit/ VFD
- Highly commended Sabine Lattemann/ Work on desalination discharge
- Bank of the Year: for the financial institution which has made the greatest
contribution to the financing of water services during 2007.
- Winner JPMorgan
- Distinction International Finance Corporation
- Highly commended BayernLB
- Highly commended Gulf International Bank
- Law Firm of the Year: for the law firm that has made the biggest contribution to making
the international water sector work more efficiently.
- Winner Simmons & Simmons
- Distinction Pinsent Masons
- Highly commended Allen & Overy
- Highly commended Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
- Technology Idol: for the new technology deemed to be the most promising in
bringing down the cost of developing new water resources.
- Winner Nanocomposite membranes (NanoH2O)
- Winner Axial Piston Pressure Exchanger Pump
- Winner Clathrate desalination (Mouchel and Water Science)
- Highly commended NanoClear (Dais Analytic)
- Highly commended EarthWater Global
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Winner Jim Stewart
