We would like to encourage and award innovative approaches, ideas in several areas, and thus increase the awareness of people about the importance of water that is the life energy for all living beings.
The participation in the award competition provides the platform of innovative solutions that can be connected with business people, experts, government organizations and investors.
Water resources present life energy for all living beings and a necessary medium for the society. Water footprint becomes more and more important part of a successful business sector and industry, that is environmentally sustainable. Industries and companies are not water consumers only, but also a source and hatchery of new environmental technologies for water supply, reuse, cleaning and other solutions. Although companies are very innovative and use good practices in the field of environment, often this is not used enough. The solutions that improve their attitude towards water resources, water environment and water use are important part of the new industrial revolution in the time when water has become the most important strategic raw material.
Everyone can apply who contributes in any way to a rational use of drinking water and its improvement, takes care of cleaning and reuse of waste water and decreases water footprint, and especially those who enable new technological innovations for reaching goals of sustainable development in the field of water.
Micro, small, medium and large sized companies that improve the quality of water resources, water environment, reduce water use and consider the entire water cycle.
Present your developmental solutions and achievements over the years based on the inclusion of Green and Blue infrastructure.
Please send the application to info@bledwf.com.
In the category where ideas and solutions for responsible water management have the widest reach, national projects that include examples of good practice (living with water, industry, nature and people), developmental solutions based on the inclusion of Green and Blue infrastructure can apply.
Please send the application to info@bledwf.com.
Any idea of improving responsible water management is a new step towards a better future. Individual projects (natural person), associations and non-governmental organizations can compete for the award with solutions for improving the quality of water resources, caring for the entire water cycle and improving the quality of life.
Please send the application to info@bledwf.com.
Awards RESPONSIBLE TOWARDS WATER are granted in partnership with Slovenian Ministry for the Environment and Spatial Planning and nine partners from seven countries (presetned here).
Jury:
Mihael J. Toman, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Chair of Ecology and Environment Conservation at the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana and the president of the Jury
Romain Ciarlet, Secretary General, Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco
Dóra Gere, National Public Health Center, Hungary
Elizabeta Kos, Director of Water Management and Sea Protection Directorate, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, Croatia
Tanja Miškova, Ambassador, Department of International Organisations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia
Mojca Šraj, Slovenian National Committee for IHP UNESCO, Slovenia
Photo by Matjaž Resman
which took up the challenge of solving the discarded plastic water bottles problem by developing a smart hydration station. The station is a combination of mechanical equipment and advanced water filtering technology for improving the quality, safety and accessibility of drinking water, which is obtained locally and is free of charge at the place of use. This means a significantly lower carbon footprint compared to water in plastic bottles.
The company has developed a unique filter for washing machines, which with its proven 90% efficiency rate and a completely closed loop is able to remove micro plastics from water after each washing cycle, thus preventing them from reaching the oceans.
The goal of the company is to encourage the use of ozone instead of chlorine for oxidating and decontaminating water. The company has developed a mobile version of the system which works according to the plug&play principle and is easy to use – on new as well as current water purification systems. The SPiD system operates by imitating natural processes and thus decreases the use of chemicals.
The company has developed an efficient technology for household waste water treatment. The plant itself is located underground and combines processes, such as sedimentation, filtration and dripping. The main process is based on bio-film, which grows attached on the support medium (gravel of different granule sizes in the filtration medium). Due to preserving nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus in the water, households may later on use this water for dipping.
The project poses a challenge to Finnish companies, namely to assess their water risks and opportunities, in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goal 6 of the United Nations, and to develop sustainable water use and management in own international value chains. The project, defining concrete solutions for achieving this goal in 2030, concluded in April 2021.
MYWATER, Slovenia
Smart hydration station
PlanetCare, Slovenia
PlanetCare Microfiber Filter
WOFIL Robert Muszański, Poland
System SPiD
Kostak, Slovenia
Small wastewater treatment plant with filtration medium
Finland
Finnish Water Stewardship Commitment
Zero Carbon, Slovenia
myWater ATM
Maribor Waterworks Company, Slovenia
Innovative sound page
Horticultural society Maribor, Slovenia
Risk for drought in the Danube Region
Jure Pirc, Slovenia
Cryptowater.si – Water on Blockchain
DPA Vivera Ljubljana, Slovenia
Underwater cleanup project of river Ljubljanica in 2018
Surce near the road Podlebelca
2467 km – A journey to the Black Sea
Pascal Rösler, Germany
Kakis, Slovenia
KAKIS, the next generation of toilet
Komunalno podjetje Velenje, Slovenia
Effective management of water losses and the quality of drinking water
Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., Croatia
WaterQ
Stanko Česen, Slovenia
Design and implementation of PVA-MBBR
DPD Bled, Slovenia
Janez Andrejc, president
Hotel Kristal Bohinj, Slovenia
Jan Dobravec, Manager
Trashed
Director Candida Brady, Great Britain
Freewa Project, Croatia
Freewa project
Alpen Adria Energie GmbH, Austria
The Little World of Waterenergy
Petrol and Komunala Kranj, Slovenia
Technical and Economic Optimisation of the Water System Kranj
Anže Logar, Slovenia
Public institution AQUATIKA – Freshwater Aquarium Karlovac, Croatia
Aquatika – Freshwater Aquarium Karlovac
DOPPS – BirdLife Slovenia
Municipality Koper, Slovenia
Luka Koper, Slovenia
