Opening the flow from local capital markets
Netherlands-based Water Finance Facility aims to connect utilities in developing countries with local capital markets. The Source spoke to CEO Jean-Pierre Sweerts.
To achieve the...
The way ahead for sewage sludge thermal hydrolysis
Thermal hydrolysis provides an option to better connect sewage treatment with modern resource recovery needs. Bill Barber, author of a new book from IWA...
Colombia’s emerging regulatory framework for inclusive sanitation access
Colombia’s water sector regulator, CRA, is implementing a differentiated approach to secure inclusive access to sanitation in urban areas. The Source hears from its...
Destination Denmark – the IWA World Water Congress Exhibition 2022
The Copenhagen edition of the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition will be with us shortly. Based in the fantastic facilities of the Bella...
How to address water security
Water security is essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and is required for delivering a water-smart society. Jan Hofman, Juliana Marcal and Blanca...
WE-ACT – Climate-smart water allocation
Milica Velimirović describes an international project that is drawing together leading experts with the aim of developing mechanisms for the delivery of equitable water...
The power of mobile apps to drive bottom-up innovation
Todd Myers explains how smartphone-linked applications can help plug leaky systems from outside-in.
Consumer preferences can inspire big innovations. Waters didn’t want to shorten her...
Plotting a path to a digital water future
Water utilities face a challenge to make the most of the increasing opportunities offered by digital technologies. Here we review a new report produced...
Developing the digital water toolbox
Digital technologies are reshaping the water sector, and the implications and opportunities around this are the focus of this year’s IWA Digital Water Summit....
Incentivising sanitation service improvements in Metro Manila through regulation
Water and sanitation in Metro Manila, in the Philippines, is making the news in the country again. Kathy Eales heard from Patrick Ty, the...
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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...
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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...
