Stockholm Water Prize

• 29 Mar 2022

• The renowned Belgian hydrologist Wilfried Brutsaert was awarded the Stockholm Water Prize 2022 for his groundbreaking work to quantify environmental evaporation, helping to make accurate predictions of the impact that climate change has on local rainfall patterns and water sources.
• The Stockholm Water Prize is the world’s most prestigious water award. It is often described as the Nobel Prize of water.
• Since 1991, the Stockholm Water Prize has been awarded to people and organizations for extraordinary water-related achievements.
• The Prize is awarded by SIWI in cooperation with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and presented by H.M King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, who is the official patron of the Prize.