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The ENERGY GLOBE Awards 2007 were presented on 26 May 2008 in the European Parliament in Brussels. The goal of the awards is to present successful sustainable projects to a broad audience, to display the possibility of having good and feasible solutions for many environmental problems. Each year some 800 projects and initiatives from all over the world are submitted to compete for the award in the categories Earth, Fire, Water, Air and Youth.

EU Commission President José Manuel Barroso, Ex-UN-General Secretary Kofi Annan, recording artist Dionne Warwick and "Bollywood» actor Aamir Khan were among the prominent guests who presented the Energy Globe Awards in the categories Air, Water, Fire, Earth and Youth.

From a grand total of 853 projects submitted from 109 countries around the world for the awards, 15 of the most unique innovations reached the chambers of the European Parliament in Brussels for 2007. The best project from each nation is honored with a National Energy Globe Award.

Umid HSSC was declared a national winner by the Water category. This category projects in areas such as drinking water supply, domestic water, irrigation, protection of waterways, shipping, and avoidance and treatment of waste water.

«Improvement of potable water provision in the communities along Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline» project has been implemented in Kurdamir, Ujar and Agdash regions under financial support of BP and its partners since 2005.

11 Water Purification Devices installed within the project in order to provide the population’s need for clear potable water are innovative in Azerbaijan for their character, i.e. these mobile devices, working through ultra-violet rays which is the new one for communities, clear potable water after which present it for the usage of population.

The Award Gala in Brussels represents a unique distinction for the winners, whose projects target greater environmental protection and sustainability in handling our resources, but also serves as an accolade for the ENERGY GLOBE, which in its nine years has developed to the world’s most prominent environmental award.