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...
Prospects and promise at the leading edge
With IWA’s Leading Edge Technologies Conference taking place in Reno, Nevada, early next year, The Source spoke with conference president Professor Bruce Rittmann.
The innovation...
Supporting innovators – the inspirers of change
Needs around water and wider issues such as sustainability and climate change demand innovation – including, but not limited to, technology. Sudhir Murthy and...
Adaptive planning: a tool for times of uncertainty
As ‘deep uncertainty’ becomes the norm for long-term water planning, the adaptive planning that is needed requires new perspectives rather than just technology. Here,...
Denmark delivers: a huge success in Copenhagen
Erika Yarrow-Soden gives a view on some of the highlights of what has been heralded as IWA’s most successful Congress & Exhibition to date.
With...
Unlocking the role of water reuse
The 13th IWA International Conference on Water Reclamation and Reuse, held in Chennai, India, in January, saw leading experts in water reclamation and reuse...
Water markets come to town
Why city utilities are turning to new ‘tools of the trade’ to secure future flows
By James Workman
In June 2016, the northern California city of...
Denmark’s water utility SDG agenda for change
Water and wastewater utilities in Denmark have taken a lead in the country, working to integrate the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into their...
Urban groundwater – mobilising stakeholders to improve monitoring
With urbanisation on the rise, the future resilience of cities will depend on the efficient and sustainable use of the groundwater reserves beneath them....
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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...
