Since 1991 the city of Stockholm, Sweden has been host to an annual conference called the World Water Week organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). This is a gathering of governments, institutions and individuals working on the subject theme of water.

This year the theme around which the workshop will take place from 31 August to 6 September is ‘Water and Energy’.

 

Water audit helps

At smaller urban units too, from individual homes to apartments, many green buildings have shown that not only is water saved equal to energy saved, but by a water audit even the cost of energy per kilolitre of water used can come down. Many of us fail to realise that we pay for our water more through our energy bills than for the water itself.

The World Water Week will also award the World Water Prize during the event at the famous Blue Room where the Nobel Prizes are given in a grand ceremony.

This year’s winner is John Briscoe from South Africa. He served as a senior water adviser for the World Bank in New Delhi. Among the previous winners have been Dr Madhavrao Chitale, Sunita Narain and Dr Bindeshwar Pathak.