 Background
The major challenge facing irrigated agriculture today is producing more food using less water per unit of output i.e. increasing water productivity in both, irrigated and rainfed agriculture. This goal will only be achieved if the appropriate water saving technologies, management tools, and policies are in place. All those involved in irrigation water management – managers, farmers, workers need to be encouraged and guided, through appropriate policies and incentives, to save/ conserve water and to minimize wastages to mitigate negative environmental impacts.
Recognizing the need to encourage innovations in irrigation and drainage, ICID instituted WatSave Annual Award(s) in 1997 and are presented each year to recognize outstanding contributions to water conservation or water saving in agriculture. The Awards given to individuals or a team of individuals are made in respect of actual realized savings and not for promising research results, plans and/or good ideas/intentions to save water.
Nominations for the awards are received through the National Committees of ICID through a call sent out around the beginning of every calendar year. The award consists of an honorarium and a Citation.
WatSave Technology Award
This award is presented to promote and encourage the best technological applications or projects which have been successful in saving water.
WatSave Innovative Water Management Award
This award is presented for promoting non-technological interventions and/or innovative land and water management/techniques for increasing the availability of water for different uses; Promoting research that leads to substantial savings in water applications or uses; or Promoting development of new policies/approaches for water saving leading to cost effective and beneficial use of water.
WatSave Young Professionals Award
This award is presented for promoting water saving technologies, innovative water management practices, original research leading to substantial water saving/ conservation etc. by young professionals (below 40 years).
WatSave Farmer Award
The WatSave Farmer Award is given to a farmer(s) for proven water saving success story to promote successful water conservation.
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ICID is inviting nominations for the WatSave Awards 2013 from across the world to recognize outstanding contributions to water saving/conservation in agriculture. The Awards are given in the following four categories–
- WatSave Technology Award
- WatSave Innovative Water Management Award
- WatSave Young Professionals Award
- WatSave Farmer Award
The WatSave Awards will be presented during the 1st World Irrigation Forum and 64th meeting of the IEC scheduled to be held from 29 September to 05 October 2013 at Mardin, Turkey.
Nominations are invited for the ‘WatSave Awards 2013’ from individuals/ team of individuals through ICID National Committees/ Committee. The entries are open to all professionals/ teams from ICID member countries as well as non-member countries. In case of an entry from a ‘non-member’ country, the nomination has to be routed through and validated by an active National Committee of ICID, who should be in touch with the nominee and is aware of nominee’s work’.
All the National Committees/ Committee are requested to send their nominations by inviting contributions on outstanding achievements from all those professionals/ farmers who are engaged in water saving/ conservation activities. The deadline for receipt of the entries from the National Committees along with a completed Nomination Form (Annex 1) to the Central Office ICID, New Delhi is 31 May 2013.
The ‘Conditions and Criteria’ set for the awards are given in Annex 2. Annex 3 shows the checklist of enclosures to be forwarded by the National Committee while submitting the nomination(s).
The national committees/ committee are requested to carry out primary evaluation of the nomination(s) in
light of the questions posed in the evaluation process, and submit only one of them in any particular category (if there were more responses) to the Central Office, New Delhi. Nominations not complying with the above requirements or more than one nomination from the same National Committee in a particular category are liable to be rejected.
Full details of the awards and excerpts of the past award winning contributions are available on ICID website.
Contact: Dr. Vijay K. Labhsetwar, Director, ICID, New Delhi (e-mail: icid@icid.org)
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Title of the award winning contribution |
Award winner(s) |
Integrated water recovery provides regional growth
for Northern Victoria, Australia |
Mr. Peter McCamish, Australia (2012)
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Participatory Rainwater Conservation of Rainfed Agriculture of Vidarbha Region (Maharashtra), India |
Prof. Dr. Subhash Madhawrao Taley, India (2011) |
Water distribution management at the Vaalharts irrigation scheme |
Mr. Kobus Harbron, South Africa (2010) |
Transformation of irrigation through management transfer |
Messrs Shahaji Manikrao Somawanshi, Bharat Kawale and Sanjay Madhukar Belsare, India (2009) |
Innovative Method for Rice Irrigation with High Potential of Water Saving |
Dr. Yousri Ibrahim Atta, Egypt (2008) |
Provision of Irrigation Scheduling Advice to Small Scale Sugarcane Farmers Using a Web Based Crop Model and Cellular Technology: A South African Case Study |
Dr. Abraham Singels, South Africa (2007) |
Water Administration System (WAS) |
Dr. Nico Benadé, South Africa (2006) |
Innovative Water Saving Technologies in China |
Prof. Li Daixin, China (2005) |
An initiative towards saving of water and sustainable Irrigation Management in Maharashtra State, India |
Er. Suresh. V. Sodal, India (2004) |
Comprehensive approach in water resources management such as Irrigation, Drainage, On-Farm Water Management, Water Quality, Groundwater Modeling, Contaminant Transport |
Dr. Muhammad Akram Kahlown, Pakistan (2003) |
Spatio-Drainage Approach: A Tool for Proper Management, Accurate Design and Cost Effective
Subsurface Drainage Projects and Water Saving |
Dr. Mahmoud Moustafa, Egypt (2002) |
Water-Saving Irrigation Practice in China - Demands, Technical System, Current Situation,
Development Objective, And Countermeasures |
Prof. Gu Yuping, China (2001) |
Modernization Plan of Mula Traditional Irrigations |
Dr. Francisco del Amor Garcia, Spain (2000) |
Modified Drainage System for Rice Growing Areas : A Tool for Water Saving |
Eng. Hussein El-Atfy, Egypt (1999) |
Development of Water Saving Irrigation Technique On Large Paddy Rice Area in Guangxi Region of China |
Prof. Wu Xijin, China (1998) |
Title of the award winning contribution |
Award winner(s) |
Theory and technology of controlled irrigation of rice in China |
Prof. Peng Shizhang, China (2012) |
SAPWAT 3: Irrigation Water Planning Tool |
Messrs Pieter S van Heerden and Charles T Crosby, South Africa (2011) |
Irrigation water security: promoting on-farm reservoirs in the UK |
Dr. Keith Weatherhead, Mr. Melvyn Kay and Dr. Jerry Knox, UK (2010) |
Wheat Bed Planter |
Prof. Dr. Rai Niaz Ahmad, Pakistan (2009) |
Micro Irrigation – A Technology for Prosperity |
Dr. Yella Reddy, Mr. Satyanarayana and Mrs.G Andal, India (2008) |
Growing Rice with Pivots – A Step Towards Water Conservation |
Messrs Werner and Herbert Arns, Brazil (2007) |
Contributions and Achievements to Water-savings in Agriculture |
Prof. Kang Shaozhong, China (2006) |
Efficient Water and Resource-saving Technique of Soils Pre-sowing Treatment Under Winter Wheat Cultivation Conditions |
Mr. Omar Redjepow, Turkmenistan (2004) |
Wetting Front Detector: A New Tool to Help Farmers Save Water |
Dr. Richard John Stirzaker (2003) |
Dripping with success- The Challenges of an Irrigation Redevelopment Project |
Mr. Robert E. Merry, UK (2002) |
Rotational irrigation scheduling in rice paddy with the operation rule curve of irrigation reservoir |
Prof. Tai Cheol Kim, Korea (2001) |
Water Efficient Irrigation and Environmentally
Sustainable Irrigated Rice Production in China |
Prof. Mao Zhi, China (2000) |
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Title of the award winning contribution |
Award winner(s) |
Development and application of innovative and advanced simulation tools for the evaluation and optimization of surface irrigation systems |
Dr. Malcolm Gillies, Australia (2009) |
Water Banking – Conjunctive Water Use Management Approach for Water Saving and Improve Productivity and Environmental Performance |
Dr. Amgad Elmahdi, Australia (2008) |
Micro Irrigation – A technology to save water |
Ms. Neelam Patel, India (2006) |
Computer-Aided Mapping Irrigation Scheduling for Arab Republic of Egypt |
Dr. Mohamed Maher Mohamed Ibrahim, Egypt (2005) |
IGRA: An Approach for the Application of the Benchmarking Initiative to Irrigation Areas |
Dr. Juan Antonio Rodriguez Diaz, Spain (2004) |
Contribution in the field of flow measurement, canal system modernization and operations improvements, debris and fish screening at irrigation diversions, hydrology, and improved hydraulic laboratory techniques |
Mr. Tony L. Wahl, USA (2003) |
A Scientific Approach for Water Management in Rice Fields |
Dr. Ashutosh Upadhyaya, India (2002) |
Participatory Irrigation Management in Katepurna Irrigation Project : A Success Story |
Er. Sanjay M. Belsare, India (2001) |
Decision-Making Support System for Irrigation Water management of Jingtai Chuan Pumping Irrigation Scheme at the Upper Reaches of Yellow River |
Dr. Gao Zhanyi, China (1999) |
Award winning success story |
Award winning farmer(s) |
The Willow Creek Piping Project |
Mr. Jerry Erstrom, USA (2011) |
Rainwater conservation through natural cracks in deep black soils |
Mr. Arvind Narayanrao Nalkande, India (2009) |
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SPONSORS
- 2013 - Turkish National Committee, ICID (TUCID)
- 2012 - IACID, Irrigation Australia’s Committee on Irrigation & Drainage
- 2011 - Iranian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (IRNCID)
- 2010 - Indonesian National Committee of ICID (INACID) & Chinese National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (CNCID)
- 2009 - Indian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (INCID)
- 2008 - Pakistan National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (PANCID)
- 2007 - U.S. National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (USCID)
- 2006 - Malaysian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (MANCID), andSpanish National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (CERYD)
- 2005 - Spanish National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (CERYD)
- 2004 - French National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (AFEID)
- 2003 - Japanese National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (JNC-ICID)
- 2002 - Canadian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (CANCID)
- 2001 - Korean National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (KCID)
- 2000 - Indian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (INCID)
- 1999 - Chinese National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (CNCID)
- 1998 - Netherlands National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (NETHCID), Directorate General of Public Works & Water Management, and IHE Delft
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