With recognition being one of the cornerstones of our new network model, IWA Awards are an important pillar of the network.
IWA’s Recognition Awards Programme recognises and acknowledges the achievements of IWA’s members who make significant contributions both to the IWA and to water management worldwide.
The IWA Outstanding Service Award and the IWA Publishing Award are awarded through a peer-to-peer committee. With recognition being one of the cornerstones of the IWA network model, these Awards are an important pillar of the network. IWA’s Recognition Awards Programme acknowledges and celebrates the achievements of IWA’s members who make significant contributions both to the IWA and to water management worldwide. They are presented every two years at the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition.
2018
IWA Outstanding Service Award
Wolfgang Rauch
Professor Wolfgang Rauch with the 2018 IWA Outstanding Service Award. Acting professor at the University of Insbruck in Austria, Professor Rauch is a civil and environmental engineer and a widely published researcher in the fields of water pollution, drainage and integrated water management. He is an IWA Fellow and has taken on many leadership roles within the organisation, including as Chair of the Committee on Urban Drainage and Chair of the Programme Committee to name just a couple. He has also been active in the publishing community, serving for more than a decade as editor of the journal Water Research, and since 2014 he has been editor-in-chief of the journal Water Science and Technology.
2018
IWA Publishing Award
Damir Brdjanovic
Professor Damir Brdjanovic is awarded with the 2018 IWA Publishing Award. Publishing is a key activity within the International Water Association, which is carried out through IWA Publishing. Being acting Professor for Sanitary Engineering at the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, he has been main initiator for five books that are published by the Association, with currently, several further initiatives under development. All these books have been best-sellers. They demonstrate a clear level of innovation in publishing and are heavily focused on knowledge transfer and education. With the publication “Biological Wastewater Treatment” (2008), a textbook associated to a successful online course, he associated all chapters to videotaped lectures that are used within the IWA online courses. This publication is used widely outside this online course and is IWA Publishing’s best-selling book ever.
2016
IWA Outstanding Service Award
Gérard Payen
Gérard Payen has been nominated as the recipient of the 2016 IWA Outstanding Service Award, for his tremendous contributions to the IWA, including his ongoing involvement as Chair of the IWA Strategic Council and part of the Board of Directors.
IWA Award for Outstanding Contribution to Water Management & Science
Helena Alegre
Helena Alegre has been nominated as the recipient of the 2016 IWA Award for Outstanding Contribution to Water Management and Science, for her outstanding contributions to the IWA, including her involvement as IWA Fellow, Chair to the IWA Specialist Group on Strategic Asset Management and as member of the IWA Strategic Council among others.
IWA Publishing Award
Mogens Henze
Professor Emeritus Mogens Henze has been nominated as the recipient of the 2016 IWA Publishing Award, for his contributions to IWA Publishing.
IWA Honorary Membership
Hallvard Ødegaard
Professor emeritus Hallvard Ødegaard has been nominated as the recipient of the 2016 IWA Honoray Membership for his many years of dedication and contribution to the IWA. Since 1976 he has served IWA through multiple management assignments on boards, committees, task groups and specialist groups.
IWA Honorary Membership
& Presidential Roll of Honour
Helmut Kroiss
Professor Helmut Kroiss has been nominated as the recipient of the 2016 IWA Honorary Membership & the Presidential Roll of Honour, for his longstanding contributions to the IWA and his years of service as IWA President since 2014.
