The 4th BPWA was presented to the Working Group on On-Farm Irrigation Systems (WG-ON-FARM) by the President Dr. Gao Zhanyi on the occasion of the 65th IEC and 22nd ICID Congress held at Gwangju, Republic of Korea, September 2014. The performance of a workbody is adjudged based upon a set of criteria and its contribution towards the mandate and mission of ICID.

The Award was presented to Vice President Hon. Felix B. Reinders (South Africa), Chairman, WG-ON-FARM.

The 3rd BPWA was presented to the Working Group on Sustainable Development of Tidal Areas (WG-SDTA) by the President Chandra Madramootoo on the occasion of the 62nd IEC and 21st ICID Congress held at Tehran, Iran, October 2011. The performance of a workbody is adjudged based upon a set of criteria and its contribution towards the mandate and mission of ICID.

The Award was presented to Dr. Park Sang Hyun (Korea), Chairman, WG-SDTA.

The 2nd BPWA 2008 was presented to the ICID Journal Editorial Board (EB-JOUR) by the Governor of Punjab on 17 October 2008 on the occasion of the 59th IEC and 20th ICID Congress held at Lahore, Pakistan. ICID Journal acts as a mouthpiece to communicate to the international water community ICID's sixty years of experience in the promotion and transfer of water and land management technology and related issues. ICID Journal was granted Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) starting with Vol.49, Issue No.1 of 2000 which was the first issue of the quarterly Journal printed and distributed under ISSN 0971-7412. ICID Journal was also selected for coverage in Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences (CC/AB&ES).

The Award was presented to President Hon. Prof. Dr. Bart Schultz, Chairman, EB-JOUR.

The 1st BPWA was presented to the Working Group on History of Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control (WG-HIST) by President Prof. dr. Bart Schultz at Montreal, Canada. The WG-HIST was established in 1980. The Group has published more than 30 volumes of Water History related documents and books, including Historical Dams (ICID 2001), The Danube Valley (ICID 2004), The Indus Basin (ICID 2004), "A History of Water Issues" (UNU 2005), and History of Irrigation and Drainage of various member countries.

The Award was received by Chairman and Members of the WG-HIST.