On 22 March 2000 - World Water Day - Professor Asmal was awarded the 10th Stockholm Water Prize by the Stockholm Water Foundation.

Lakshmi Chand Jain is Vice Chair-designate of the World Commission on Dams. He has served on the Central Planning Commission and Planning Boards of several states. L.C. Jain received the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 1989. He has recently served as a member of the Government of India's Independent Committee to report on selected aspects of the Sardar Sarovar Project. He has also served as the Chairperson of the Industrial Development Services consultancy organisation in India for 30 years.

Donald J. Blackmore is the Chief Executive of the Murray-Darling Basin Commission, in Canberra, Australia. He has brought principles of environmentally sustainable water management to a major river basin initially focused on irrigation and hydroelectric power generation. He is also currently serving as a member of the International Advisory Panel for the Aral Sea.

Joji Carino Joji Carino's work began as an activist and analyst of indigenous peoples issues in her native Philippines, particularly in relation to dams projects in the Cordillera region. Well known for defending the interests of tribal and other indigenous peoples and minorities, she works for the Tebtebba Foundation (Indigenous Centre for International Policy, Research, and Education).

José Goldemberg is a professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil and has been recognized for his work on the future of energy globally. He was the chairman and CEO of the Energy Company of the State of São Paulo. He has served as Rector of his University, and Secretary of Science and Technology for the Federal Government of Brazil and Minister of Education. He currently serves in senior capacities with the International Energy Initiative and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Judy Henderson is immediate past Chair of Oxfam International, a board member of the Environmental Protection Agency of New South Wales, Australia, and a former board member of Greenpeace International. She has a distinguished record of involvement on social and environmental issues internationally.

Göran Lindahl is the President and CEO of ABB Ltd., a global engineering company with headquarters in Zurich. He is also a member of the Advisory Board for the Alliance for Global Sustainability and Chairman of ABB’s Environmental Advisory Board. An electrical engineer by profession, he has spent his whole career in the electrical power sector and has been involved in many major projects include large hydroelectric schemes.

Deborah Moore is the Senior Scientist with the Environmental Defense Fund. She has worked to reform water and economic policies in the United States and internationally. In the western U.S., Moore has worked with Native American communities and the U.S. Congress to design and promote innovative water rights and river restoration arrangements. Internationally, she has provided substantive analysis on the economic, environmental, and social aspects of several large-scale river development projects in Asia and Latin America.

Medha Patkar is a social scientist and the founder of the Narmada Bachao Andolan (Struggle to Save the Narmada River) in India, an organisation campaigning against the construction of large dams on the Narmada River that includes affected people, Indian supporters, and people around the world. She is a founding member and current National Co-ordinator of the National Alliance of People’s Movement. She is internationally recognised as a campaigner for human and political rights.

Thayer Scudder is a Professor of Anthropology at the California Institute of Technology. His work over 40 years on social issues associated with river basin development has been definitive in the field. His work in Africa is best known, but he has undertaken studies of sustainable resource use in all parts of the world with a focus on resettlement and social issues related to infrastructure development.

Jan Veltrop has been with the Harza Engineering Company from 1954 to 1994 except for a three year period when he was Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nigeria. He was Chairman of the US Committee on Large Dams (1981 - 82) and President of the International Commission on Large Dams (1988 - 91). At Harza he was Chief Engineer, member of the Board of Directors, and retired as Senior Vice President. During his 37 years with Harza he gained broad experience in all aspects of engineering, administration, and finance, in particular with management of technical departments and projects, quality of work and safety, as well as with educational and training activities.