SMF has sponsored the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize since 2008. Of the
72 international nominations received in 2011, Dr James L Barnard of
South Africa won the 2011 Prize for his groundbreaking invention of the
Biological Nutrient Removal technology, an environmentally sustainable,
biological method to treat used water. Previous winners included
Dr Andrew Benedek of Canada and Professor Gatze Lettinga of the
Netherlands, and the Yellow River Conservancy Commission in China.