Healing the wounds of conflict through water diplomacy
An audacious roadmap for the Jordan River involves a new US$4.6 billion master plan to bring peace, understanding– and treatment plants–to the most contested...
The productivity proposition of digitalisation
Al Cho of Xylem on the water opportunities open with proven digital technologies
For water and wastewater utilities, the opportunities presented by digitalisation should be viewed...
Rwanda: hosting the dialogue on water and development
With registration now open for IWA’s Water and Development Congress & Exhibition in Kigali, Rwanda, in December, Programme Committee chair Doulaye Kone explains why...
How collaboration with residents is shaping a smart approach to water
Seed funds were used to clean up Skanderborg's lake and have led to a new citizen-centric approach to water use and conservation. By Rune Kier...
Advancing African water sector action on gender diversity
The winner of the IWA 2022 Gender and Diversity Award, Annabell Waititu, tells Erika Yarrow-Soden how Big Five Africa is helping water companies in...
EIB turns the tap on sustainable investment
The European Investment Bank is a key lender to the water sector, both in the EU and beyond. Keith Hayward looks at its activity,...
Corporate water strategy: improving watershed health through innovation
Corporations are increasingly building on their water stewardship strategies to attain net-zero goals for carbon and water, improve watershed health, and operate smarter systems...
High and dry: How legalisation of cannabis is impacting local water security
Beyond the arguments over medical benefits, cash crops, and cross-border ‘drug wars’, Montgomery Simus explains how the global footprint of cannabis trafficking is rapidly diversifying, complicating the...
The role for sensors in nature-based stormwater control
With nature-based stormwater systems gaining greater acceptance, the need for long-term maintenance grows. Jac van Tuijn hears from Frédéric Cherqui about the potential role...
Overcoming the FEAR factor can drive innovation
By Peter Yolles
For decades, water utilities have confronted rising costs and increasingly variable supplies with slow adoption of new technologies, practices, and behaviour. While...
FEATURED STORY
Toronto Water – serving the host city of the World Water...
Toronto Water has transformed the city’s water management. Ahead of IWA’s World Water Congress & Exhibition in the capital of the Canadian province of...
NEWS
UNU report warns on tipping points if environmental risks not addressed
A new report released by the United Nations University (UNU) has found that drastic changes to fundamental socioecological systems are likely if environmental risks...
