Saudi Arabia has awarded eight scientists International Prize for Water at a ceremony at United Nations headquarters in New York. The bi-annual prize, established in 2002 named after Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz, aims to provide recognition to scientists and others whose work creatively addresses the problem of water scarcity.<br/><br/>The ceremony was hosted by UN Friends of Water and presided over by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with the prize committee chairman Prince Khalid Bin Sultan Bin Abdulaziz also present.<br/><br/>The works on which the prizes were given include use of satellite data to predict cholera outbreaks, predicting monsoonal floods, predicting the long-term fate of pollutants in the water table, reducing the amount of energy needed for water treatment by membrane process among others.