Water – facilitating collaborative dialogues
International collaboration will be essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and this will require trusted partners to facilitate negotiations. Erika Yarrow-Soden talks to...
On-demand generation from anaerobic digestion
A partnership between Thames Water Utilities and the University of Surrey in the UK is exploring innovative solutions for the best use of anaerobic...
Voices that will shape the future
IWA’s Young Water Professionals are an impressive congregation with the drive and determination to meet the challenges of the global water crises. Inês Breda...
Innovation on the water agenda in the UK
Innovation is rising up the water agenda in the UK, including two new competitions launched by Ofwat, the sectorís economic regulator in England and...
Needs and opportunities for water and sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Latin America and Caribbean region still faces significant gaps in water supply and sanitation provision. Kala Vairavamoorthy and Daniel Nolasco outline some of...
Ripe for innovation – adapting to address agriculture’s increasing thirst
With water demand from the agriculture sector growing, the editors of a new book highlighting varied global responses share thoughts on opportunities for progress.
By...
How to make your city water-wise
The Source puts the IWA’s new urban principles to the test
Water visions precede action. Yet it’s easy to offer “building blocks” to plan...
Hold back the waters – for cash?
From Australia to the US, cities are starting to embrace stormwater retention credit trading, or ‘catch and trade’ markets.
By James Workman
Extreme weather wreaks havoc...
The rise of female networks
From African wells to Silicon Valley workshops, female networks are mobilising to solve urgent water problems by sharing knowledge, opening doors, mentoring youth, raising money, and...
Non-sewered sanitation – the SDG6 accelerator
With the world seeking a push on sanitation, as part of the drive towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), non-sewered sanitation has...
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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...
