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Stockholm Water Prize

Stockholm Water Prize is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Stockholm Water Prize rather than just read about it. In short: The Stockholm Water Prize is an annual award for outstanding contributions to the sustainable use and protection of the world's water resources, awarded by the Stockholm Water Foundation (SWF) in collaboration with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 1991. History The Stockholm Water Prize was established in 1991.

Key takeaways

Stockholm Water Prize belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Stockholm Water Prize to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Stockholm Water Prize from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Stockholm Water Prize is an annual award for outstanding contributions to the sustainable use and protection of the world's water resources, awarded by the Stockholm Water Foundation (SWF) in collaboration with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 1991.

History The Stockholm Water Prize was established in 1991. In 2015, the Stockholm Water Prize adopted a new design, inspired by water.

Description The Stockholm Water Prize is the world's most prestigious water award, known as the "Nobel Prize of Water".. It is presented annually to a person or organization for outstanding contributions to the sustainable use and protection of the world's water resources. It is awarded by the Stockholm Water Foundation (SWF) in collaboration with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 1991. Any activity or actor which contributes broadly to the conservation and protection of the world's water resources, and to improved water conditions which contribute to the health and welfare of the planet's inhabitants and our ecosystems, is eligible to be nominated for the Stockholm Water Prize. The Stockholm Water Prize Laureate is announced every year on the World Water Day in March and honoured each August during the World Water Week in Stockholm at a royal prize ceremony and banquet in the Stockholm City Hall. At the ceremony, the laureate receives the prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, who is the patron of the Stockholm Water Prize. The prize, created and financed by the Stockholm Water Foundation and the Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien, includes a SEK 1000,000 award and a specially designed Orrefors crystal sculpture. Stockholm Water Prize Laureates have come from across the world and represented a wide range of professions, disciplines, and activities in the field of water.

Junior Water Prize The Stockholm Junior Water Prize is also administered by SIWI and awarded during the World Water Week in Stockholm each August. At the same time as the design was changed for the main prize in 2015, the design of the statuettes for the Stockholm Junior Water Prize and the Stockholm Industry Water Prize was changed to match.

Statuette

The Stockholm Water Prize statuette was designed by Jonas Torstensson and Linda Röjås of Torstensson Art & Design, a Swedish design and architecture studio. The statuettes are handmade and cast in a sand mould. The optical qualities of the glass reflect shades of blue and green, symbolizing the diversity of water. They are produced at Orrefors Glassworks in Sweden. The material is environmentally friendly crystal glass, free from lead and arsenic, with at least 30–70% of the glass coming from recycled sources. The production energy is sourced from renewable energy.

Past winners and official motivation

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Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Stockholm Water Prize

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Stockholm Water Prize claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Stockholm Water Prize before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Stockholm Water Prize ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Stockholm Water Prize

In research: Stockholm Water Prize appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Stockholm Water Prize in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Stockholm Water Prize is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1991 establishments in Sweden, Awards established in 1991, Environmental awards, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Stockholm Water Prize outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Stockholm Water Prize in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Stockholm Water Prize means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Stockholm Water Prize in simple terms?

Why does Stockholm Water Prize matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Stockholm Water Prize?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Stockholm Water Prize.