On the occasion of the 8th World Water Forum, to be hosted by Brazil in 2018, and the first participation of Brazil at the Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) contest, held during the World Water Week, the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with the Stockholm International Water Institute, the Brazilian Water Resources Association (ABRH) and the Brazilian Youth Parliament for Water (PNJA), has the honor to invite us to an evening at the company of:

Marcos Pinta Gama, Ambassador of Brazil;

Paulo Câmara, Representative of the Secretary of Government of Brazil;

Ricardo Medeiros de Andrade, Executive Director of the 8th World Water Forum and Director of Brazilian Water Agency (ANA);

Ania Andersch, Executive Director of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize;

Brazilian SJWP team, composed by Beatriz Ruscetto, Matheus Silva and Gabriel Trindade;

Paulo Salles, Co-Chair, 8th World Water Forum and President of the Federal District’s Water, Energy and Sanitation Regulatory Agency (Adasa);

Reine Lindholm, Market Manager at Xylem Water Solutions Sweden;

Jorge Werneck Lima, Vice President of the Brazilian Water Resources Association and researcher at Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa);

Ana Carolina Deveza, Manager of SJWP Brazil and representative of the Brazilian Youth Parliament for Water; 

8th World Water Forum, Brasilia 2018

The World Water Forum is the world’s biggest water-related event and is organized by the World Water Council. Its mission is “to promote awareness, build political commitment and trigger action on critical water issues at all levels, to facilitate the efficient conservation, protection, development, planning, management and use of water in all its dimensions on an environmentally sustainable basis for the benefit of all life”.

Stockholm Junior Water Prize

The Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP), which has Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden as its Patron, gathers imaginative young minds from all over the world, encouraging their continued interest in water and sustainability issues. The competition draws more than 10,000 entries from over 30 countries.

On June 6, 2017, the final ceremony of the first Brazilian contest for the SJWP took place in São Paulo. The initiative was organized by the National Youth Parliament for Water and the Brazilian Water Resources Association.

At this first edition, projects were received from all regions of Brazil and five of them were selected to participate in the final stage. The winning project was the STAC-IBR: Solution for the treatment of water on cisterns installed in Brazil. The winning team, composed by Beatriz Ruscetto, Matheus Silva and Gabriel Trindade, will represent Brazil in the international final of the SJWP during the 26th edition of the World Water Week Stockholm, which runs from 27th August to 1st September 2017, the world’s leading event on hydric matters.

Project summary:

The northeast of Brazil is characterized by a semi-arid climate and chronic drought. Public policies have stimulated domestic use of cisterns to store water. However, the quality of collected water can be a threat to people’s health, due to exposure to contaminants. This project developed a device, with low-cost material, to generate chlorine by an electrolysis process from a saline solution. The energy may come from a photovoltaic panel, which makes it an autonomous equipment to perform water treatment. Lab tests affirmed the prototype’s efficiency against cistern’s water contamination.

Brazilian Jury:

Jerson Kelman – Sabesp

Vladimir Caramori – ABRH

Mônica Porto – USP

Ágatha Tommasi – WYPW

Álvaro Diogo Teixeira – JPS/ABES

Suraya Damas de Oliveira Modaelli – DAEE