The IWA Project Innovation Awards

In keeping with IWA’s mission of “connecting water professionals worldwide to lead the development of  effective and sustainable approaches to water management”, IWA established the Project Innovation Awards Programme to recognise excellence and innovation in water engineering projects throughout world, as identified by five key criteria:

  • Originality and Innovation
  • Future Value to the engineering profession
  • Social, Economic and Sustainable design
  • Complexity
  • Exceeds client/owner needs

Why should you participate in the Project Innovation Awards?

The PIA focuses on engineering excellence in water and features project team successes of the contractor, consultant and even community. It also highlights global best practices and innovation.

Participation in the PIA highlights your organization’s capability and innovation in the field of water engineering on a global level. In addition to the association of the project with a prestigious international competition, winning entries will also be given the following benefits:

  • Display of the winning entries at the IWA World Water Congress
  • Featured article in IWA’s global newsmagazine, Water21
  • Use of the PIA Certificate in advertising

Regional Bases and Award Categories

The programme runs on a two-year cycle with the Regional Project Awards presented in regional forums, and the Global Project Awards being delivered at the biennial IWA World Water Congress.

The first round of the competition will be held in four regional bases, namely:

  • Asia Pacific
  • East Asia
  • Europe
  • North America

The Regional Award Winners and Honour Awards will then be advanced to compete for the Global Awards.

The PIA features 5 award categories:

  • Applied Research Projects
  • Design Projects
  • Operations/Management
  • Planning Projects
  • Small Projects

Nominations for the 2010 PIA for the Asia Pacific, East Asia and Europe regions will open on 16 November 2009 and close on 12 February 2010.

*Important Note: The submission deadline for the 2010 PIA for the Asia Pacific, East Asia and Europe regions is extended to 26 February 2010 due to the many requests for extension.

Application for the North America region awards (i.e. the Excellence in Environmental Engineering (E3) Awards by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE)) is now open and should be submitted directly to AAEE. The submission deadline for the E3 Awards is 2 April 2010. More information may be found http://www.aaee.net/Website/E3Competition.htm)

For more about the 2008 PIA, please view the 2008 PIA Supplement and AAEE Magazine article.

Enquiries on the 2010 PIA may be directed to Brenda Lai at Brenda.lai@iwahq.org