Home Project Innovation Awards Project Innovation Awards - Development About the Awards Award Categories Awards and Benefits How to Enter General Criteria Submission Guidelines Judging Process Award Winners Awards Reception   Home > Project Innovation Awards - Development       Project Innovation Awards - Development   Celebrating excellence and innovation in water and sanitation projects in low and middle income countries   Following reflection on the geographical scope of the original PIA Awards, IWA has launched a new awards programme specific to low and middle income countries. The Project Innovation Awards – Development aims to "recognise and celebrate excellence and innovation in water and sanitation projects in developing countries" and will be presented biennially – the first such ceremony taking place at the 2nd IWA Development Congress & Exhibition.   SUMMARY   • The scope of the Award covers water supply and sanitation in low and middle income countries, in urban and peri-urban situations; • Projects can focus on hardware, (physical infrastructure) or on software (advocacy, outreach, public educational campaigns, publicity efforts, etc.) or on applied research; • Projects should demonstrate innovation and sustainability; • Project entries must be operational for a minimum of 6 months, but no older than 2 years.   BACKGROUND   • Global competition; • Entries are accepted from organisations based in developed or developing countries. Please refer to the countries classified as Low- or Middle-Income by the World Bank list of economies (July 2010) http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DATASTATISTICS/Resources/CLASS.XLS • Globally judged by a select panel of judges.   SUBMISSION CATEGORIES   Entries may be submitted under one of two primary categories.   • Drinking Water Supply; • Sanitation and Wastewater   Within each category, projects which fall within one or more of the following sub-categories will be eligible for consideration:   • Applied research – proof of performance is the testimony of practitioners or users or peers regarding the adequacy and relevancy of the research as well as the proven advance(s) it provides; • Hardware – including all technical and physical infrastructure components - proof of performance is primarily indicated by documentation that the plan, design, management, or operation & maintenance actions have been implemented for at least 6 months and the testimony of practitioners or users or peers; • Software - including all non-technical project components e.g. behaviour change, promotion, community participation, training, institutional strengthening, financing and cost-recovery, policy improvement - proof of performance is primarily indicated by documentation that the relevant actions have been implemented for at least 6 months and the testimony of practitioners or users or peers.   Back to top         IWA wish to congratulate the winners of IWA 2011 PIA-Development. PIA-Development would like to extend its gratitude to the global judging panel. Join us at the awards reception on 23 Nov 2011 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.             PWN Water Supply Company North-Holland Ltd. PWN Water Supply Company North-Holland Ltd. produces and distributes yearly 105 Mm3 drinking water to 1.7 million people in the North-Western part of the Netherlands, around the agglomeration of the city of Amsterdam. The main source (95%) is Rhine river water which flows directly and indirectly through the IJsselmeer; 5% is produced from ground water. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the water is treated and used directly as drinking water. The treatment process goes through a wide range of steps: flocculation, sedimentation, RS filtration, UV-peroxide, and GAC. After intensive pre-treatment 20% of the water is treated with membrane filtration: a double treatment with ultra filtration and reversed osmosis. The remaining water (50%) is infiltrated in the sand dunes area alongside the North Sea coast. This area is also nature conservation and recreational area. PWN is also responsible for the nature and recreation activities in this area. PWN is a public owned privatised company. The province of North-Holland is the only shareholder. The company employs 500 staff and has a yearly budget of €180 million.