Aquatech Innovation Awards
The Aquatech Innovation Award Categories
- Water supply (including point-of-use)
- Waste water treatment
- Transport and Process & Control
- Green Chemicals for Water Technology
- Innovation – not to market yet
The entries will be judged on 3 criteria
- Originality (50%)
- Practicality (technical, economical, feasibility, 25%)
- Sustainability (environment, security, energy, efficiency, 25%)
The Aquatech Innovation Award jury
- Prof. Dr. Ir. C.J.N. Buisman (Wetsus – Chairman of the Jury)
- Prof. Dr. Ir. W.M. de Vos (TU Twente)
- Ir. P. Kamp (PUM Netherlands Senior Experts)
- Dr. Ir. Wilbert van de Ven EMBA (Grundfos Holding A/S)
- Prof. Dr. Ir. A.J.H. Janssen (Shell Global Solutions)
- Ir. C.A. Uijterlinde (STOWA)
- Prof. M. Kennedy, PhD (IHE Delft, Institute for Water Education)
- Prof. Drs. J.S. Vrouwenvelder, PhD (KAUST King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)
The Nominees per Category
And the Nominees are...
Category: Water supply (drinking water, clean water, including point of use/entry)
- Aqua Membranes Printed Spacer Technology® - Aqua Membranes, Inc. (Stand 13.100-6)
- Freshcup - Freshcup (Stand 05.516)
- Water Neutral and Circular Solutions for Residential Areas - Nijhuis Saur Industrie (Stand 12.402)
Category: Transport and Process & Control
- Proteus Water Quality Probe - Proteus Instruments Ltd. (Stand 01.524)
- UWR System - Urban Water Retention ApS (Stand 01.530-A)
Category: Wastewater Treatment
- Aurea - Royal HaskoningDHV (Stand 12.412)
- NTPmax - Tectero BV
- SELPAXT - Chromafora AB (Stand 13.100-10)
Category: Innovation - not to market yet
- Fluor-Mop Technology - Weaver Labs
- L-GAP MD - RN Solutions B.V. (Stand 12.509)
- SWICSSY - Instrumentation Technologies d.o.o. (Stand 01.219)
Innovation Award Charity
The Innovation Award registration fees are contributed to Water for Life, serving as the global Aquatech community to give back to society. Founded in 2004, the Water for Life Foundation believes that everyone has the right to safe drinking water and sanitation. That's why they provide access to safe drinking water and sanitation to people in poor neighbourhoods in African and Asian cities. Water For Life works with local non-profit water utilities and public services.
Everyone deserves clean drinking water and a safe toilet!
Water is life. That is why the Water for Life Foundation works on drinking water and sanitation for 2 billion vulnerable people worldwide. The Water for Life Foundation is an initiative of Dutch drinking water companies. Through this collaboration, 100% of every donation goes to the projects and sustainability is guaranteed. With donations, the Water for Life Foundation installs water pipes and toilets (also in schools), installs public water taps and water connections in people's homes, and provides hygiene training.
Visit www.waterforlife.nl for more information.
Overall winner Innovation Award 2025
A new innovation developed in the Netherlands that can sustainably remove micro-pollutants during wastewater treatment has been crowned the Overall Winner of this year’s Aquatech Innovation Award. The development by consulting engineers Royal HaskoningDHV is the result of collaboration with Wageningen University.
Known as ‘Aurea’, the solution combines the best properties of biological activated carbon filtration and oxidative treatment to remove a wide range of organic micro-pollutants. It is designed for use in wastewater treatment plants, drinking water production sites, and industrial wastewater treatment facilities, helping to meet the objectives of the European Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD).
Aquatech Community Award 2025 goes to...
For the third time in the history of the Innovation Award, the Aquatech Community Award was organised. Next to the official jury, water tech professionals voted for their own favourite innovation – the popular vote. The nominee with the highest number of votes is Weaver Labs for 'Fluor-Mop Technology'. They are the winner of the Aquatech Innovation – Community Award 2025!
