Global recognition for life-changing water initiatives

Professor Tony Wong, Chief Executive of the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Water Sensitive Cities at Monash University, has received the 2018 IWA Global Water Award for an initiative that has provided urban water security to millions of people across the world.

This biennial award, which will be formally presented to Professor Wong by the International Water Association in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday 16 September, recognises global leadership and initiatives in water management.

In collaboration with his Monash University colleagues, Professor Wong has spent more than 30 years pioneering a program of work called the water sensitive cities approach that addresses the social, environmental and economic challenges of global water management.

Through a combination of science and hydro-engineering, Professor Wong says he’s been able to create blueprints for water security that can transform cities, and the health and wellbeing of their residents, globally.