Mohammed bin Rashid receives winners of the third Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum World Water Awards – Information – Emirates

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, acquired 11 winners of the third Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum World Water Award.

The award was launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid to encourage analysis centres, people, and innovators worldwide to develop sustainable and progressive options for water shortage. The UAE Water Help Basis (Suqia UAE), beneath the umbrella of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum World Initiatives, oversees the award. The winners had been from eight international locations, together with Honduras, India, the Philippines, the US, Kenya, Malaysia, China and France.

With prize cash totalling $1 million, the award contains 4 major classes: Modern Initiatives Award, Modern R&D Award, Modern Particular person Award, and Modern Disaster Options Award. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid launched Suqia UAE in 2015 to contribute to fixing the worldwide water disaster by growing options for water shortage and offering potable water for communities affected by water shortages and air pollution.
 
His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Suqia UAE, thanked His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid for receiving the winners. He praised the impression of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum World Water Award, which, he stated, was in step with the UAE’s intention to successfully contribute to offering options to international challenges.

“The UAE is synonymous with generosity by way of pioneering initiatives and tasks that assist underdeveloped societies face challenges and obtain sustainable improvement. We had been happy with the extent of curiosity and participation within the award and the standard of improvements introduced by firms, analysis centres, establishments, and innovators worldwide. We acquired submissions from 56 international locations all over the world, highlighting the UAE’s function as a platform for selling innovation and a vacation spot for creators from all around the world,” Al Tayer stated.
 
“Suqia UAE has positively impacted the lives of greater than 13.6 million folks in 37 international locations worldwide. On this context, I commend the efforts of the Emirates Pink Crescent, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Institution, Dubai Cares, and different organisations for implementing pioneering tasks in cooperation with Suqia UAE, which has promoted the usage of progressive and sustainable options in its tasks to supply clear water,” added Al Tayer.

In accordance with the United Nations, one in three folks globally doesn’t have entry to secure consuming water. Over two billion folks reside in international locations the place the water provide is insufficient. Water shortage takes a extra important toll on ladies and kids as a result of they’re typically answerable for gathering it. Girls and women spend lengthy hours looking for water; in some international locations, kids stroll a number of kilometres each day to get water. This entails difficulties and dangers, wastes effort and time, and deprives them of entry to high quality schooling. Suqia UAE has performed a pivotal function in engaged on sustainable improvement tasks that present clear water all over the world.

HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer and different members of the Suqia UAE board attended the reception. The board members included His Excellency Fahad Abdelrahman bin Sultan, Deputy Secretary Common for Improvement and Worldwide Cooperation at Emirates Pink Crescent and Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Suqia; His Excellency Dr Ahmed Ali Murad, Affiliate Provost for Analysis at UAE College; Dr. Arif Sultan AlHammadi, Govt Vice-President, Khalifa College; Nasser Lootah, Govt Vice President, Technology (Energy and Water) at DEWA; Waleed bin Salman, Govt Vice President, Enterprise Improvement and Excellence at DEWA; and Mohammed Abdulkareem Al Shamsi, Performing Govt Director of Suqia.

Winners of the third Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum World Water Award

Modern tasks award (giant tasks):
Joint First: Agua Para el Pueblo (Honduras) for an electricity-free know-how to take away turbidity from contaminated floor water sources.
Joint First: South Asian Discussion board for Setting (SAFE) (India) for a solar-powered reverse osmosis-based water-ATM.
Third: Different Indigenous Improvement Basis Inc. (AIDFI) (Philippines) for a hydraulic invention that pumps water to communities dwelling at the next elevation.
 
Modern Initiatives Award (small tasks):
First: College of Illinois (USA) & Secure Water in partnership with Aids Challenge (Kenya) for a solar-powered consuming water ozonation challenge.
Second: Simple water for Everybody (USA) for an progressive challenge that repurposes hemodialysers to purify water for consuming, washing and cooking in distant villages.
Third: Membrane Filters (India) for a stand-alone solar-operated water filtration plant that removes inorganics from groundwater.
 
Modern R&D Award – Worldwide Organisations:
First: College of Malaya (Malaysia) for a sensible auto-backwash membrane system with out chemical compounds.
Second: Sustainable Livelihood Initiative (India), for a sustainable water air purifier offering clear water with none membranes, filters or exterior vitality.
Third: Maithri Aquatech, in collaboration with Jain College (India), for a hybrid water resolution that mixes sustainable water technology and meals preservation.
 
Modern Particular person Award – Modern Researcher:
Professor Peng Wang (China) for 3 applied sciences to provide cheap, clear consuming water for small-to-medium-sized communities.
 
Modern Disaster Options Award:
Mascara NT (France), for a preconnected containerised solar-powered desalination challenge that may be deployed in lower than two hours.

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