Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Honours 10 Winners From 8 Countries at 2nd Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award, Reveals UAE Water Aid Foundation

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DUBAI, UAE, January 30/PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

    HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai

Media Council, has honoured 10 winners in the 2nd Mohammed bin Rashid Al

Maktoum Global Water Award. The Award was launched by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin

Rashid Al Maktoum to encourage research institutions, individuals, and

innovators from around the world to develop sustainable and innovative

solutions to water scarcity that use solar power. The UAE Water Aid Foundation

(Suqia) under the umbrella of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global

Initiatives, oversees the award, which has three main categories: Innovative

Projects Award, Innovative Research and Development Award, and the Innovative

Individual Award.

    The award ceremony was attended by a number of Ministers and directors of

government departments in the UAE, ambassadors, consuls general, public

figures, officials from the public and private sectors, local and international

universities and research centres, and students from National and international

universities. The winners from around the world presented innovative ideas and

projects that received considerable praise.

    In the Innovative Projects Award for Small Projects, GivePower Foundation

from the USA came first for its BLU Drop Solar Water Farm. Boreal Light from

Germany was second with its WaterKiosk project. International Business Ventures

from the UAE, in partnership with Zero Mass Water from the USA, came third with

its Platinum Heritage (PH) Source Oasis project.

    Khalifa University from the UAE won the Innovative Research & Development

Award in the National Institutions category for low-cost desalination, using a

distiller coupled with gravity solar heather project.

    In the International Institutions category, Liquinex Group from the

Republic of Singapore came first for its compact water purification system.

Plasma Waters from the Republic of Chile came second for their Innovation with

Purpose project. Project Maji from the Republic of Ghana came third for their

Solar Kiosks project.

    The Innovative Individual Award for Youth was awarded jointly to Jan Radel

from Germany for his Drinking Water for Malambo project; and Muhammad Wakil

Shahzad for his 24/7 Solar Desalination project.

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      Source: UAE Water Aid Foundation (Suqia)