Regional 2010 IWA Project Innovation Awards Winners

The winners by award category are:

Applied Research
Winner: Climate Change Adaptation Through the Promotion of "Rain Cities"
By SNU Rainwater Research Center, Suwon City, Namhae County, and Geomarine Co. (Republic of Korea)

Honour Awards: Iron-Based Adsorbents and Related Technologies for the Simultaneous Removal of As(III) and As(IV): Application for Drinking Water Treatment and Water
Environment Remediation. By Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)

Design
Winner: Design and Construction of Reprovisioning of WSD Utilities and Infrastructure Works for Proposed Centennial Campus of the University of Hong Kong
By Black & Veatch (Hong Kong SAR)

Honour Awards:
- The Air Flotation + Ultra-Filtration Water Treatment Plant in Macao, by The Macao Water Supply Co. Ltd. (Macao SAR)
- YongIn YoungDuk Sewage Treatment Plant Project, by Kolon Engineering and Construction Ltd. (Republic of Korea)

Operations/Management
Winner: Development of Time Integral Type Leakage Detector
By Tokyo Suido Services Co. Ltd. (Japan)

Honour Awards: Creating Premium Seoul Tap Water - From "Clean & Safe Water" to "Tasty Water".
By The Office of Waterworks, Seoul Metropolitan Government (Republic of Korea)

Planning
Winner: Taipei Water Department Leakage Control and Management
By DMA Taipei Water Department (Chinese Taiwan )

Honour Awards:
- Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone Sembcorp Co. Ltd. - An Integrated, Energy Saving, Zero Liquid Discharge and Sustainable Wastewater Treatment/Reclamation Project, by Zhangjiagang Sembcorp Ltd. (China).
- To Implement the Basin of and Regional Management of Sewage Enterprises Through Construction and Operation of Small and Medium Sized Sewage Treatment Plant, by Beijing Capital Co. Ltd. (China).

Small Projects
Winner: The Development and Application of Innovative High Speed Biological Groundwater Treatment Technology by Nagaoka International Corporation (Japan)

Detailed descriptions of the East Asia winning projects, and a general brief on the IWA 2010 Project Innovation Awards, are available on the PIA website www.iwa-pia.org.

The Project Innovation Awards Programme was established by the International Water Association in 2006 to recognise excellence and innovation in water engineering projects throughout the world. The Awards programme supports IWA's goal to "connect water professionals worldwide to lead the development of effective and sustainable approaches to water management". Amongst other criteria, project evaluation has been based on social, economic and sustainable design and the future value to the water engineering profession.

The Asia-Pacific Regional Awards Ceremony will be held on 30 June in Singapore at the Singapore International Water Week, while the European Regional Awards Ceremony was held earlier on 10 May in Barcelona. The North America Regional Awards competition is conducted through the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE).