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Presented annually since 1991, the Stockholm Water Prize is a prestigious award that recognises outstanding achievements in water related activities. Over the past two decades, Stockholm Water Prize Laureates () have come from across the world and represented a wide range of professions, disciplines and activities in the field of water. Any activity or actor which contributes broadly to the conservation and protection of the world’s water resources, and to improved water conditions which contribute to the health and welfare of the planet’s inhabitants and our ecosystems, is eligible to be nominated for the Stockholm Water Prize. The Stockholm Water Prize Laureate is announced each 22 March at the UN World Day for Water and honoured each August during the World Water Week in Stockholm at a Royal Prize Ceremony and Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall. At the ceremony, the Laureate receives the prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, who is the patron of the Stockholm Water Prize. The prize, created and financed by the Stockholm Water Foundation and administered by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) (), includes a 150,000 USD award and an Orrefors crystal sculpture. The Stockholm Junior Water Prize and Stockholm Industry Water Award and are also administered by SIWI and awarded during the World Water Week in Stockholm each August. ==Latest winner== The 2015 Stockholm Water Prize was awarded to Rajendra Singh, who is dubbed ''the Water Man of India'' for his modern take on a Indian Rainwater harvesters called Johads. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stockholm Water Prize」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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