The PT Global Water Awards 2024 awards ceremony was a unique moment where everyone present learned, first-hand, which entities won. The ceremony took place on November 29, 2024, in Lisbon, as part of the 19th Water Expo Conference, organized by the newspaper Água&Ambiente.
The ceremony began with the opening speech by João Belo, General Director of the About Media Group, who mentioned the importance of internationalization for business success. Manuela Simões, Line Manager in AICEP’s Commercial Department, highlighted AICEP’s external network and reiterated the organization’s commitment to supporting the internationalization of the Portuguese water sector.
The awards followed, in which six entities were awarded in six different categories, and three honorable mentions were awarded.
The closing ceremony was carried out by the President of the Portuguese Water Partnership, who congratulated the winners and the entire water sector for the excellent work carried out at an international level.
You will then be able to find out about the award winners in the different categories:
- Category Studies and Projects
- Winner: Consórcio Engidro – Engineering Solutions, Ltda./ Procesl – Engenharia Hidráulica e Ambiental, Ltda.
- Project: The Development of a Drinking Water and Sanitation Master Plan for Barbados.
- Category Other Services
- Winner: TESE – Association for Development through Technology, Engineering, Health and Education.
- Project: Omeva Omwenyo – Water is Life.
- Category Supplies
- Winner: A2O – Água, Ambiente e Organização, Lda.
- Project: Implementation of NAVIA in the water and sewage treatment systems of the Águas do Brasil Group.
- Category Contracts
- Winner: MOTA-ENGIL ATIV.
- Project: CIPP rehabilitation in Santa Cruz de La Sierra, Bolivia.
- Category I+D+i
- Winner: LNEC – National Laboratory of Civil Engineering
- Project: The Lisbon Living Lab in B-WaterSmart – Accelerating Water Smartness in Coastal Europe.
- Category Start-Up
- Winner: Scubic – Gotas Digitais, Lda
- Project: Intelligent energy and asset management platform – SCUBIC.
The Jury Members also decided to award 3 Honorable Mentions:
- Category Other Services
- Honorable Mention: AGS – Administração e Gestão de Sistemas de Salubridade, S.A.
- Project: Artificial Intelligence models in identifying priority behaviors for active leak detection activities.
- Category Studies and Projects
- Honorable Mention: Águas de Portugal Internacional, Serviços Ambientais S.A.
Project: Institutional Transformation of Water Supply in Indonesia – Case study in Bali Province. - Category Start Up
- Honorable Mention: Environmental Waves
- Project: Elimination of microalgae with SonicWaves at the Infulene ETE.
