IWA leads the way on access to water knowledge
The move to full Open Access for all IWA journals this year represents a huge contribution to the sector, particularly for developing countries. By...
ADB’s collaborative contracts for O&M
The Asian Development Bank is drafting an innovative contract framework to support sustainable and secure water systems for people in the Asia and Pacific...
Low energy desalination: the microbial opportunity
Jac van Tuijn talks to Sergio Salinas about prospects for use of microbial desalination cells, the focus of a book published by IWA Publishing.
While...
How Bitcoin’s footprint is impacting water use
By Montgomery Simus
Mineral extraction - gold, silver, copper or iron – has always been constrained by access to water. Miners had to degrade or...
How to plug the gap in water investments
The World Bank estimates that around US$114 billion per year is required globally to reach the Sustainable Development Goals related to water and sanitation, yet the...
Games about frontiers: Building skills to negotiate the politics of water
Virtual and role-playing games build real skills to negotiate the high-stakes politics of water.
By James Workman
In the summer of 2000 at Stockholm Water Week, a half dozen...
Berlin’s citizens reclaim their river after 100-year ban
The last time swimmers were able to bathe in the River Spree was 1925 when it was closed due to increasing pollution. Jonathan Andrews met...
Why Arab governments must adopt a holistic approach to the human right to water
By Mohamad Tawfik
Water scarcity may have become a global issue but the water demand- supply gap is most gaping, intense, and complex across the...
Blue Water Factories in China: the future of wastewater treatment
Sustainable wastewater treatment is critical to the circular economy. Xiaodi Hao, Ji Li, Yuanyuan Wu, Ranbin Liu and Ran Cai describe a framework under...
Water and climate professionals: united by necessity
The official mention of water resources in terms of adaptation in the Outcomes document of the COP22 meeting and the realisation that the implementation...
FEATURED STORY
Engineering solutions that put society front and centre
Winner of IWA’s Water and Development Award for Research, Dr Veena Srinivasan explains why it is critical to consider social needs and impacts when...
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...
