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2019 Stockholm Junior Water Prize Winner Advances Solar Disinfection

October 23, 2019

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Macinley Butson, an 18-year-old inventor from New South Wales, Australia, was crowned the winner of the 2019 Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition in August. Butson (right) received the prize from Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (left). Jonas Borg/Stockholm International Water Institute

This summer, young hydrologists from 35 countries met in Stockholm, Sweden, to compete for the Stockholm Junior Water Prize. The prize, awarded annually since 1995 by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), recognizes outstanding pre-university water research projects with the potential to change the way the global water sector operates. In late August, SIWI announced […]

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