Neptune water price
The Neptun Water Prize is an environmental prize that has been awarded every two years by the Austrian Ministry of the Environment since 1999 . The aim of the award is to draw attention to the precious commodity water. The prize is endowed with 3,000 euros per federal state and 3,000 euros at the federal level (per category). In addition, a main prize of 5000 euros will be awarded.
Award winners
- 2011
- Water PROTECTION: Municipality of Tattendorf - Sustainable flood protection in Tattendorf
- WasserWELT: Helioz Research and Development GmbH - WADI | Water for Life
- Water COMMUNICATION: Association of Styrian Wastewater Disposers (GSA) - awareness campaign “Think KLObal, protect the sewer!”
- Water CREATIVE: Michael Aschauer - Danube Panorama Project
- Main prize: VERBUND AG - Habitat in the mouth section of the Traisen River
- 2009
- WasserLEBT: Josef Hinterleitner
- Water PROTECTION: Verbund Austrian Hydro Power AG - combination of natural and technical fish pass with energy-efficient reinforcement of the attraction flow (Verbund)
- WasserWELT: Johann Gnadlinger - Integrated water management in the Brazilian dry area
- WATER COMMUNICATION: Angie Rattay - Instructions for Use for Planet Earth
- WaterCREATIVE: Hannes Seebacher - HaZweiO-H3O-Ha2opi (black mesa)
- Main prize: WDLGmbH - Water Drops - the aid program of WDLGmbH, Caritas Upper Austria and Upper Austria . Communities
- 2007
- Water EMOTION: Andrea Mahlknecht
- Water PROTECTION: Clemens Dorfmann - Optimization of the damming and damming processes when flushing reservoirs on the Upper Mur
- Water PROTECTION Recognition award: Laakirchen municipality - maintenance of the Gmöser Moor nature reserve
- WasserWELT: bios4 - systemic sustainability solutions, Rammel and Partner OEG - watering system Hydrip
- WATER COMMUNICATION: Groß Gerungs secondary school - We flood the school
- WasserKREATIV: Ruth Mateus-Berr - 4 layers of sari
- Main prize: Herta Suchy and Ing.Peter Suchy - construction of a drinking water pipeline Q'ero (Peru)
- 2005
- Water FUN: Josef Hinterleitner
- WasserVISION: Market town of Langenwang with the flood protection project Feistritzau an der Mürz
- Water PROTECTION: Municipality of Seefeld in Tyrol , sewage disposal, which also generates green electricity
- WaterCREATIVE: Jörg Auzinger with the interactive computer installation "Image.acgt"
- Main prize: Jörg Auzinger with the interactive computer installation "Image.acgt"