Submission starts

Mülheim Water Award 2018 open for application

Applications for the Mülheim Water Award 2018 can now be submitted.

The Mülheim Water Award 2018 is open for application from 1st December 2017. The Award is endowed with EUR 10.000, sponsored jointly by RWW Rheinisch-Westfälische Wasserwerksgesellschaft and GERSTEL, and coordinated by IWW Water Centre.

The Mülheim Water Award aims at applied research and development projects as well as the implementation of innovative concepts for drinking water supply and water analysis.

Topic of the current submission is:

Innovations for water systems and water analysis for sustainable water management and safe and secure drinking water supply.

Application deadline is February 28, 2018.


Natural or legal persons, groups of persons or institutions from Europe may apply for the Mülheim Water Award with projects delivering innovative procedures, solutions, products and concepts. Wanted for application are innovative, practice-orientated concepts as well as ready-for-use solutions to meet future challenges in water systems and water analysis.

The application procedure:

Interested parties initially submit a short application. The application form will be available until February 28, 2018 at apply. From the pool of submitted applications, the jury will identify the most promising candidates, and will request information that is more detailed. Candidates selected for this second stage have good chances for the Mülheim Water Award 2018.