A toast to SA's latest Stockholm Water Prize winner

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Water personality Prof Briscoe joined the faculty of Harvard University in 2009. It was a return journey for him, as he completed his PhD in environmental engineering at the same university in 1976 (he completed his BSc in civil engineering at the University of Cape Town in 1969). At Harvard, he is mainly responsible for managing the Harvard Water Security Initiative. According to its website, the initiative strives to help build watersecure countries, an ambitious aim its strives for through ‘focused programmes of interdisciplinary research’ . Prof Briscoe also serves on the faculty of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Public Health and Kennedy School of Government. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on water management and development. Not all academics like this part of the job, but to Prof Briscoe it is a privilege to have young bright people with whom to interact.

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