the jury included the WasH alliance’s Hanny maas; Dr mark van Loosdrecht, Professor of Biochemical engineering at Delft University of technology and head of the environmental Biotechnology section, and winner of the Water Prize; Dr sarah Bell, senior Lecturer in environmental engineering at University College London; Dr Prasad modak, founder of india’s environmental management Centre and an environmental consultant with the World Bank; and Professor Gang Pan of the Chinese academy of sciences and chief scientist of a sino-UK governmental water science cooperation programme.