A roadmap for transforming cities
Australia’s Urban WaterGuide provides a blueprint for future-proofing cities. Tony Wong, Jamie Ewert, and Katharine Cross show how its philosophy of integrated water management...
PrimeWater – delivering EO that puts end users first and foremost
Earth Observation has become a powerful tool for water management that is transforming the way water professionals respond to water cycle challenges. Erin Jordan...
Realising the vision of a water sensitive city
Six cities around Australia have developed collaborative visions of what a water sensitive future looks like for them and are now working to implement these....
Revealing the identity of all wastewater treatment microbes
Work in Denmark has laid the foundations for identifying all the microbes in wastewater treatment systems and anaerobic digesters around the world with the...
Hamburg Wasser, COVID-19, and lessons learned
Christopher Herzog, Arnd Wendland and Claudia Wendland share the experiences of Hamburg Wasser – the second largest German water and wastewater utility – in...
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...
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...
ONEE Morocco: Leveraging partnerships to foster innovation
Lalla Asma El Kasmi shines a light on Morocco’s dynamic response to water and sanitation management, which has transformed the sector’s service delivery.
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How the water sector helps to map drug abuse
Wastewater researchers are assisting drug enforcement officials to reveal patterns of illicit activity flushed from neighbourhood toilets but is this a role the water...
South Africa’s success with onsite sanitation social franchising
Kevin Wall, Oliver Ive and Jay Bhagwan explain the progress made in developing and applying social franchising to maintain onsite sanitation systems in homes and schools...
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...
