The Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW)

PSIPW.ORG 13th Award 2028 Nominations open online until 31 December 2027 Apply Now PSIPW.ORG Prizewinners for the 12th Award (2026) Read more Topic: Transforming the time reversibility of hydraulic waves into a powerful diagnostic framework to monitor water infrastructure health.Team leaders: Mohamed S. Ghidaoui and Silvia Meniconi.
Additional team contributors include: Muhammad Waqar, Saber Nasraoui, and Fedi Zouari (HKUST, China).
Creativity Prize
Topic: Transforming satellite gravimetry into a practical tool for monitoring groundwater depletion and terrestrial freshwater change.
Team leader: James Famiglietti.
Creativity Prize
Topic: Integrating field work and isotope hydrology to advance surface water hydrology and the discovery of new hydrological and ecohydrological processes. Surface Water Prize Topic: Using real-world observational data to provide the most detailed empirical picture to date of the state of global groundwater resources. Groundwater Prize Alternative Water Resources Prize Topic: Integrating advanced treatment, micropollutant and transformation-product abatement, microbiological water quality, antimicrobial resistance, and environmental sustainability into holistic frameworks for safe water treatment and reuse. Water Management and Protection Prize Topic: Developing a new paradigm for basin-scale integrated ecohydrological research in cold and arid regions.
Team leader: Xin Li.
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