Deadline: 28-Feb-21
Nominations are now open for the Global Water Awards. Anyone (as an individual or on behalf of a company) can nominate a company, project, plant, technology, deal or initiative to be recognized by the Global Water Awards. Individuals can submit nominations for themselves or others.
Individuals can nominate in as many categories as they want, and nominate multiple times in each category. All nominee applications are made on a confidential basis.
Water Leaders Award
The Water Leaders’ Award goes to the publicly owned utility from a developing country that is able to demonstrate an outstanding step-change in performance improvement in 2020.
- The utility must be publicly-owned;
- The utility must be from a developing country as defined by the United Nations;
- The utility must be able to demonstrate a step-change in performance improvement in the 2019 period.
Criteria for Nominations
- The company, project, or initiative must be able to demonstrate a significant contribution to the water industry. Specific factors to highlight are improved operations and energy efficiency, technological innovation and the implementation of sustainable financial models.
- The outcomes of the project or initiative must have been reported in 2020.
Nomination Process
Nominations for the Global Water Awards open on December 4th 2020. Nominations are open to everyone. Anyone (as an individual or on behalf of a company) can nominate a company, project, plant, technology, deal or initiative to be recognised by the Global Water Awards. Individuals can submit nominations for themselves or others. Individuals can nominate in as many categories as they want, and nominate multiple times in each category. All nominee applications are made on a confidential basis.
- Nominations can only be submitted via the awards nomination forms (visit the ‘Nominations Hub‘). Do not submit nominations via email, they will not be acknowledged.*
- Nominations must be submitted in English. They cannot consider non-English language nominations.
- A 200-word summary description must be submitted with each nomination this must include specific and quantifiable information that will allow them to evaluate your nomination against others. Please summarise what is unique or special about this entry, and why you believe it should be considered for a Global Water Award. Nominations that do not include a summary or do not fulfil the terms above will not be considered.
- When submitting supplementary material (photos, pdfs, maps etc.) via email, please include the name of the category you are nominating in, in the email subject line.
- Do not nominate the same plant/project/company multiple times in the same category, this will not increase your chances of being included on the shortlist. This is a nominations process, not a voting process. Please coordinate with your co-workers to submit one nomination per plant/project/company per category. Nominating two different projects/plants in the same category, or nominating different projects/plants in different categories is welcome.
Timeline
4 December 2020 – Nominations open.
28 February 2021 – Nominations close.
18 March 2021 – The voting shortlist is released online and in GWI Magazine.
22 March 2021 – Voting will open.
16 April 2021 – Voting will close.
For more information, visit https://globalwaterawards.com/the-process/