American Expert Wins Prestigious Stockholm Water Prize

ARCHIVED 2002–2016: Originally distributed via the eWire press wire service. Preserved as historical record.

SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE |

Conservation & Wildlife

Corporate Responsibility

Science & Technology

Syndication Partners

**************************************************************************

E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE

**************************************************************************

TO BUSINESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS:

American Expert Wins Prestigious Stockholm Water Prize

EUROPE, SWEDEN, STOCKHOLM, Mar. 22 -/E-Wire/-- The following press release was issued today by Stockholm International Water Institute:

The Stockholm Water Foundation announced today that Professor Takashi Asano of the University of California at Davis (UCD) is the 11th recipient of the prestigious international Stockholm Water Prize.

The 64-year-old will receive the $150,000 prize, considered the top honor of its kind, for his "outstanding contributions to efficient water use through wastewater reclamation, recycling and reuse." The Stockholm Water Prize is presented by HM King Carl XVI of Sweden each August in Stockholm and recognizes substantial contributions to the preservation, enhancement or availability of the world's water resources. Asano, an American citizen who is a native of Sapporo, Japan, is the world's foremost expert on the safe and beneficial use of recycled wastewater. Recycled wastewater can be used instead of drinking-quality water for groundwater replenishment, agricultural and landscape irrigation, industrial processes, toilet flushing and environmental enhancement. Use of recycled water helps prevent water pollution (by not discharging into receiving waters), improves the reliability of water supplies, aids in water demand and drought management, and encourages resource conservation.

Providing a dependable system of water supply and wastewater disposal is becoming increasingly difficult all over the world and the use of treated effluent to augment limited existing water supplies is becoming increasingly attractive.

In the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, Asano spearheaded water reuse research at the California State Water Resources Control Board that culminated in the California Water Recycling Criteria. Today, most international water reuse projects and decrees are based on these criteria.

In recent years, he has led cutting-edge research into health and safety aspects in water reuse. He has also promoted expansion and adaptation of safe water reuse in developed countries such as Israel and Japan, and in the developing world, particularly those water-scarce countries in arid and semi-arid regions with fast growing populations and limited economic resources. He has also promoted understanding among scientists, practitioners and politicians.

In California, at least 330 million m3 of municipal wastewater is currently reused, or about 8% of the generated total. Agricultural and landscape irrigation is the largest current and projected use of reclaimed wastewater in the US. At least 20 different food crops are irrigated with reclaimed water in California. The largest industrial application is for paper manufacturing.

The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) administers the Prize for the Stockholm Water Foundation. Visit www.siwi.org for more information.

Stockholm International Water Institute

David Trouba, Manager, Press and Information of Stockholm

International Water Institute, +46-8-522-139-89, or mobile, +46-73-914-3989,

or fax, +46-8-522-139-61, or [REDACTED-EMAIL]

**************************************************************************

To Transmit Your News Over E-Wire, visit http://www.ewire.com or

call 1-[REDACTED-PHONE]. E-Wire Is Broadcast To Millions Of Readers Worldwide

**************************************************************************