The jury included dr Mark van loosdrecht, professor of Biochemical engineering at delft University of Technology and head of the environmental Biotechnology section and winner of the 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.